[wmil]

ORMs are usually easier to maintain. Update your objects, write a migration. Things are usually updated.

If you start creating custom views and queries then you need to update them whenever there's a change to your objects. Also getting views into source control is something that you'll have to manage on your own.

An ORM is just less work. Although you'll often need to drop into real SQL for performance reasons or for complex work.

All the good ORMs allow this.

[tkyjonathan]

I don't really have an issue maintaining SQL, but I use YeSQL.