N+1, solvedEdgeDB solves the problems that ORMs exist to workaround. A comparison that speaks for itself: SELECT movie.title, ( SELECT avg(rating) FROM reviews WHERE movie_id = movie.id ) AS avg_rating, (SELECT array_agg(q.v) FROM (SELECT person.name AS v FROM actors INNER JOIN persons AS person ON (actors.person_id = person.id) WHERE actors.movie_id = movie.id ) AS q WHERE q.v IS NOT NULL ) AS ac