diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ec785cd4a..435ce20d31 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ Cargo.lock
 .vscode
 .idea/*
 */.idea/*
+.zed/
+*/.zed/*
 .env.local
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_model.rs b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_model.rs
index 3171bd7954..96628cb3e7 100644
--- a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_model.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_model.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ impl DeriveActiveModel {
     fn impl_active_model(&self) -> TokenStream {
         let mut ts = self.impl_active_model_convert();
         ts.extend(self.impl_active_model_trait());
+        ts.extend(self.impl_insert_active_model_trait());
         ts
     }
 
@@ -124,6 +125,39 @@ impl DeriveActiveModel {
         )
     }
 
+    fn impl_insert_active_model_trait(&self) -> TokenStream {
+        let fields = &self.fields;
+        let names = &self.names;
+
+        quote! {
+            #[automatically_derived]
+            impl sea_orm::InsertActiveModelTrait for ActiveModel {
+                type Entity = Entity;
+
+                fn is_to_safe_insert(&self) -> bool {
+                    // Check each field, with short circuit
+                    #(
+                        {
+                        let field_is_set = !matches!(self.#fields, sea_orm::ActiveValue::NotSet);
+                        let col = <Self::Entity as sea_orm::EntityTrait>::Column::#names.def();
+                        let field_is_nullable = col.is_null();
+                        //FIXME: current default implementation doesn't seem to reflect the schema and seems to be a separate layer (I'm not sure).
+                        // Also, this doesn't work with id columns
+                        let field_has_default =  col.get_column_default().is_some();
+
+                        // TODO: Invert conditions
+                        if !field_is_set && !field_is_nullable && !field_has_default {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        }
+                    )*
+                    // Finnaly true
+                    true
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     fn impl_active_model_trait(&self) -> TokenStream {
         let fields = &self.fields;
         let methods = self.impl_active_model_trait_methods();
diff --git a/src/entity/active_model.rs b/src/entity/active_model.rs
index d7c6385a30..8f99db835e 100644
--- a/src/entity/active_model.rs
+++ b/src/entity/active_model.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ use crate::{
 use sea_query::ValueTuple;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
+pub trait InsertActiveModelTrait: Clone + Debug {
+    type Entity: EntityTrait;
+    /// Checks if all required fields are set
+    /// Set, nullable or fields with defaults pass
+    fn is_to_safe_insert(&self) -> bool;
+}
+
 /// `ActiveModel` is a type for constructing `INSERT` and `UPDATE` statements for a particular table.
 ///
 /// Like [Model][ModelTrait], it represents a database record and each field represents a column.
@@ -2241,6 +2248,193 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "macros")]
+    fn test_is_to_safe_insert_all_set() {
+        // All fields explicitly Set -> always safe
+        mod my_entity {
+            use crate as sea_orm;
+            use crate::entity::prelude::*;
+
+            #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, DeriveEntityModel)]
+            #[sea_orm(table_name = "my_entity")]
+            pub struct Model {
+                #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
+                pub id: i32,
+                pub name: String,
+                pub description: Option<String>,
+            }
+
+            #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
+            pub enum Relation {}
+
+            impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
+        }
+
+        let am = my_entity::ActiveModel {
+            id: Set(1),
+            name: Set("hello".to_owned()),
+            description: Set(None),
+        };
+        assert!(am.is_to_safe_insert());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "macros")]
+    fn test_is_to_safe_insert_required_field_not_set() {
+        // A non-nullable, non-defaulted field is NotSet -> not safe
+        mod my_entity {
+            use crate as sea_orm;
+            use crate::entity::prelude::*;
+
+            #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, DeriveEntityModel)]
+            #[sea_orm(table_name = "my_entity")]
+            pub struct Model {
+                #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
+                pub id: i32,
+                pub name: String,
+            }
+
+            #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
+            pub enum Relation {}
+
+            impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
+        }
+
+        // `name` is required (non-nullable, no default) and not set
+        let am = my_entity::ActiveModel {
+            id: Set(1),
+            name: NotSet,
+        };
+        assert!(!am.is_to_safe_insert());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "macros")]
+    fn test_is_to_safe_insert_nullable_field_not_set() {
+        // A nullable (Option<T>) field that is NotSet is still safe, the DB will store NULL
+        mod my_entity {
+            use crate as sea_orm;
+            use crate::entity::prelude::*;
+
+            #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, DeriveEntityModel)]
+            #[sea_orm(table_name = "my_entity")]
+            pub struct Model {
+                #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
+                pub id: i32,
+                pub name: String,
+                pub description: Option<String>,
+            }
+
+            #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
+            pub enum Relation {}
+
+            impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
+        }
+
+        // `description` is nullable -> NotSet is fine
+        let am = my_entity::ActiveModel {
+            id: Set(1),
+            name: Set("hello".to_owned()),
+            description: NotSet,
+        };
+        assert!(am.is_to_safe_insert());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "macros")]
+    fn test_is_to_safe_insert_auto_increment_pk_not_set() {
+        // The primary key has auto_increment=true -> NotSet is fine
+        mod my_entity {
+            use crate as sea_orm;
+            use crate::entity::prelude::*;
+
+            #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, DeriveEntityModel)]
+            #[sea_orm(table_name = "my_entity")]
+            pub struct Model {
+                #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
+                pub id: i32,
+                pub name: String,
+            }
+
+            #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
+            pub enum Relation {}
+
+            impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
+        }
+
+        // `id` is auto-increment -> NotSet is acceptable
+        let am = my_entity::ActiveModel {
+            id: NotSet,
+            name: Set("hello".to_owned()),
+        };
+        assert!(am.is_to_safe_insert());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "macros")]
+    fn test_is_to_safe_insert_field_with_default_not_set() {
+        // A non-nullable field that has a schema-level default -> NotSet is safe
+        mod my_entity {
+            use crate as sea_orm;
+            use crate::entity::prelude::*;
+
+            #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, DeriveEntityModel)]
+            #[sea_orm(table_name = "my_entity")]
+            pub struct Model {
+                #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
+                pub id: i32,
+                pub name: String,
+                #[sea_orm(default_value = 0)]
+                pub score: i32,
+            }
+
+            #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
+            pub enum Relation {}
+
+            impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
+        }
+
+        // `score` has a default value -> NotSet is fine
+        let am = my_entity::ActiveModel {
+            id: Set(1),
+            name: Set("hello".to_owned()),
+            score: NotSet,
+        };
+        assert!(am.is_to_safe_insert());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "macros")]
+    fn test_is_to_safe_insert_multiple_missing_required_fields() {
+        // Several required fields are NotSet -> not safe
+        mod my_entity {
+            use crate as sea_orm;
+            use crate::entity::prelude::*;
+
+            #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, DeriveEntityModel)]
+            #[sea_orm(table_name = "my_entity")]
+            pub struct Model {
+                #[sea_orm(primary_key)]
+                pub id: i32,
+                pub first_name: String,
+                pub last_name: String,
+            }
+
+            #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
+            pub enum Relation {}
+
+            impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
+        }
+
+        let am = my_entity::ActiveModel {
+            id: Set(1),
+            first_name: NotSet,
+            last_name: NotSet,
+        };
+        assert!(!am.is_to_safe_insert());
+    }
+
     #[smol_potat::test]
     #[cfg(feature = "with-json")]
     async fn test_active_model_set_from_json_3() -> Result<(), DbErr> {