Accelerate

Prisma Accelerate is a global database cache and scalable connection pool that helps improve database performance in Serverless and Edge applications.

In this section

📄️ What is Accelerate

Accelerate is a global database cache available in 300 locations that you can use to achieve up to 1000x faster database queries.

📄️ Getting started

Prerequisites

📄️ Connection Pooling

Connection pooling

📄️ Caching

Cache strategies

📄️ API Reference

The Accelerate API reference documentation is based on the following schema:

📄️ Limitations

Below are descriptions of known limitations when using Accelerate. If you are aware of any limitations that are missing, please let us know on the #accelerate-feedback channel in our community Slack.

📄️ Evaluating

Prisma Accelerate optimizes database interactions through advanced connection pooling and global edge caching. Its connection pooler is available in 16 regions and helps applications load-balance and scale database requests based on demand.

📄️ Local development

Prisma Accelerate is designed to scale database connections efficiently in production environments. Prisma Accelerate also provides a global cache to reduce the load on your database and reduce query response time. To leverage Prisma Accelerate, it is essential to utilize a publicly accessible database.

📄️ FAQ

Below are frequently asked questions about Accelerate.

📄️ Feedback

You can submit any feedback about Accelerate in the #accelerate-feedback channel in our community Slack and in our Discord server.