The best replacement for orm is jdbc.

The best alternatives to orm are rated as following:
★★★★★  jdbc
★★★★  dal
★★★  odm
★★★  dao
★★★  erd
★★★  raw sql
★★★  ado.net
★★★  activerecord
★★  jpa
★★  stored procedures
★★  urm
★★  uml
★★  entity framework
★★  nosql
★  stored procedure
★  oru
★  plain sql
★  datamapper
  tpoc
  dbal
  dataset
  rdbms
  erm

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Speaking about orm, one probably shouldn't forget about kohana.

Other search terms related to orm and their ratings are:
★★★★★ kohana
★★★ asp.net
★★ django
★ laravel
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