It's not about which ORM is better. It's about which one stops getting in your way six months into the project.
Key Takeaways
Tool Fit Over Familiarity — The wrong ORM for your project isn't a code problem. It's a decision problem that shows up in production.
EF for Complexity — Entity Framework earns its place when the data model is large, the schema keeps evolving, and developer speed matters more than raw query performance.
Dapper for Performance — Dapper is the right call when latency is a product constraint and your team is comfortable owning the SQL.
