# Prisma Accelerate (/docs/accelerate)

Location: Prisma Accelerate

[Prisma Accelerate](https://www.prisma.io/accelerate) is a fully managed global connection pool and caching layer for your existing database, enabling query-level cache policies directly from the Prisma ORM.

With 15+ global regions, the connection pool scales your app for a global audience, particularly for serverless deployments that risk connection timeouts during peak times.

Accelerate's global cache, hosted in 300+ locations, ensures a fast experience for users, regardless of your database's location.

You can configure query-level caching strategies directly in your code with Prisma ORM, making setup and tuning easy.

Together, the connection pool and cache allow you to scale effortlessly and handle traffic spikes without infrastructure concerns.

Supported databases [#supported-databases]

Accelerate works with the database you already have, whether it is publicly accessible, or via an IP allowlist.

* PostgreSQL
* MySQL
* MariaDB
* PlanetScale
* CockroachDB
* MongoDB

Getting started [#getting-started]

* [Getting started](/accelerate/getting-started) - Learn how to get up and running with Prisma Accelerate
* [Local development](/accelerate/local-development) - Learn how to use Prisma Accelerate in a development environment
* [Examples](/accelerate/examples) - Check out ready-to-run examples for Prisma Accelerate

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- [`Choose a setup path`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/getting-started): Choose the fastest path to start using Prisma ORM or Prisma Postgres in a new or existing project.
- [`CLI Overview`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/cli): The Prisma CLI is the command-line interface for Prisma ORM. Use it to initialize projects, generate Prisma Client, manage databases, run migrations, and more
- [`Console`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/console): Learn how to use the Console to manage and integrate Prisma products into your application.
- [`Guides`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/guides): A collection of guides for various tasks and workflows