The best replacement for sqlalchemy is sqlobject.

The best alternatives to sqlalchemy are rated as following:
★★★★★  sqlobject
★★★★  mysqldb
★★★★  peewee
★★★  sqlite3
★★★  activerecord
★★★  psycopg2
★★★  storm
★★  django orm
★★  pyodbc
★★  filter

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Speaking about sqlalchemy, one probably shouldn't forget about django.

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★★★ flask
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★ twisted
★ lockmode
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