<<This is work in progress. Last update 12th Feb 2009>>
A summary of the most popular ORM tools for .NET.
| Tool/Framework |
Notes |
FREE |
.NET 1.1 |
.NET 2.0 |
.NET 3.0 |
.NET 3.5 |
.NET 3.5 SP1 |
.NET 4.0 |
SQL Server |
Other RDBMS |
| LINQ to SQL |
|
Y |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
| LINQ to Entities |
|
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| LLBLGen Pro |
Entity Framework support planned for v3 |
N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
| NHibernate |
|
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
| Entity Spaces |
|
N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
| Open Access |
|
N* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
| DevForce |
Uses Entity Framework in most recent version.
Strong rich clent focus.
|
N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
| XPO |
|
N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
| Lightspeed |
|
N* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
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Notes:
FREE: N* indicates a free version is available subject to some conditions