Xata

Spec sheet

Product

Xata provides branch-native Postgres, letting teams create isolated database branches for coding-agent tasks, pull requests, previews, and CI runs.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Intended users

Xata describes its platform as serving engineering teams using coding agents and product platforms that provision isolated databases for users, workspaces, previews, or agents.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Integrations

Xata says it can integrate into CI/CD pipelines including GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, and Jenkins through an API or shell command.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Security

Xata's security page lists encryption at rest and in transit, restricted production access, SSO with MFA for critical services, and separation of control and data planes.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Compliance

Xata's security page states that the company is SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliant; its pricing page lists SOC 2 and GDPR for Xata Cloud and SOC 2, GDPR, and BAA for BYOC.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Support

The pricing page lists community support for Open Source, standard support for Xata Cloud, and 24/7 support with a dedicated SE for BYOC.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Branching

Copy-on-write branches share storage with their parent and store only changes, allowing branches to be created quickly without full database copies.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Data anonymization

Xata's CI/CD page says production-like data is automatically anonymized during branch creation and lists column-level redaction, synthetic data generation, and k-member microaggregation.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Postgres compatibility

Xata says it runs vanilla PostgreSQL without a custom fork, supporting standard PostgreSQL extensions, drivers, and tooling.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Production features

The product page lists high availability with automatic failover to read replicas, point-in-time recovery backups, and production observability.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Scale to zero

Idle branches hibernate without using compute and wake on the first query or connection.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Self-managed limits

The Open Source plan is self-managed, with observability, compliance, and multi-region not included.Read 4 Oct 2026 · xata.io

Plans and prices

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