Xata – Test and code faster with real data

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Instant branches of your Postgres with anonymized production data.
No more slow, expensive staging replicas. Ship faster with confidence.
Instant branches of your Postgres with anonymized production data. No more slow, expensive staging replicas.

"Xata was a no-brainer for our team. We get a lot of value out of the copy-on-write database branching and scale-to-zero features."

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Ben Hubsch

Software Engineer, SaaSgrid

Do everything faster and safer using production data

Replace your shared, fragile staging database with instant branches for your Postgres database. Let every developer and AI agent work safely on isolated and anonymized copies of production data.

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Old way

$ psql staging_db < dump.sql

Restoring public.users...

Restoring public.orders...

Restoring public.products...

$

xata

branch create feature-1 --from prod

✓ Branch created

✓ Schema and data cloned

✓ Data anonymized

Unlimited copies, minimal cost

Branches use copy-on-write to share storage with the parent so you only pay for changes, not full copies. Dev branches can scale to zero, so you only pay for compute when active.

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DB branching per PR scenario cost comparison (USD/month)

20 GB dataset; one always-on DB + 25 dev branches × 5 h/weekday

All the benefits, none of the migration hassles

Connect Xata with your production database or switch to Xata Postgres for even more convenience, scale, and efficiency.

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Test on real data. Deploy with confidence.

Keep production where it is. Use Xata for safe, instant dev branches.


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