I sort of agree here. I tend to stay away from ORMs in general, but I'd probably use one if it actually justified itself. Most ORMs I've used basically just abstract the data layer so you don't have to write own SQL, but that in itself comes at a cost (and almost all of them are bound to eventually write some really crappy SQL for you and cause performance bottlenecks). If there's not an appreciable benefit besides just not having to write as much SQL, then it's not really worth using.