What are the downsides of using the o1lab/xmysql Api with laravel?

So i've always been using laravel eloquent ORM to interact with the database and i've never found any problems with it. With a new a project coming in a coworker proposed that i work with this xmysql-api which generates an api based on your database. it is based on express (a Node.js module) therefore i'll need to install nodeJs on my server. this xmysql api has many feature such as the cache, queries... but i believe that everything that it offers so does laravel's eloquents. Can you please enlighten me on these points:

• what are the downsides of using a Node.Js module or Node.Js in general.
• In term of caching, do elquents have any caching feature or you'll need to implement that in the database(mysql) side

PS: I want to make laravel's eloquent win :D

via Chebli Mohamed