Database Migration Reckoning: Speed Wins, But Developer Experience and Breadth Still Matter

Database migrations aren't just technical debt—they're a $42k-per-incident problem for engineering teams, making tool selection critical. While Flyway 10.0 achieves blazing-fast performance and Prisma Migrate 6.0 brings type safety to schema management, the choice ultimately hinges on your priorities: raw speed, database diversity, or developer experience. This benchmark reveals there's no universal winner, only informed tradeoffs.