The change
Stop testing against fiction
Shared test database
Everyone runs tests against the same instance
Stale seed data
Test fixtures drift from production within weeks
Manual cleanup
Orphaned environments pile up and cost money
Schema surprises
Migrations pass in test but fail in production
DB per test run
Every CI job gets its own isolated clone
Production-identical
Clones mirror real data shapes and edge cases
Automatic teardown
Clones self-destruct on job completion or merge
Schema validation
Every migration tested against real production data
How it works
Automated from trigger to teardown
PR opened or CI triggered
A webhook or CI step fires. Guepard provisions a production-identical clone in under 6 seconds. The DATABASE_URL is injected as an environment variable.
Tests run against real data
Your test suite runs against a live clone with real production data and edge cases. Schema migrations are validated. Integration tests hit a real database, not mocks.
Results reported, clone destroyed
Tests pass? Merge with confidence. Tests fail? Debug against real data. Either way, the clone tears down automatically. Zero cleanup required.
Features
Everything QA teams need
Database per PR
Every pull request gets its own production-identical database clone. Developers test against real data in complete isolation. No conflicts, no coordination, no waiting.
Database per CI run
Every CI job provisions a fresh clone automatically. Tests run against real data, not mocks. The clone tears down when the job finishes. Zero idle costs.
Masked test data
PII masking applied automatically at clone time. QA teams work with realistic data shapes and edge cases without ever seeing real customer information. Compliance-safe by default.
Automatic teardown
Set a TTL, trigger on merge, or let CI handle it. Test environments self-destruct when done. No orphaned databases. No cleanup scripts. No surprise bills.
Schema validation before merge
Run every migration against a production-identical clone before it touches production. Catch schema drift, missing indexes, and breaking changes in your PR pipeline.
Instant reset
Need a fresh state? Reset any clone to its original snapshot in seconds. Re-run failed tests on a clean database without waiting for provisioning.
Built for
QA teams, release managers, CI/CD pipelines
QA Engineers
Test against production-identical data without managing environments. Every test cycle starts fresh.
Release Managers
Validate every release against real data before it touches production. Zero surprises on deploy day.
CI/CD Pipelines
Automated provisioning and teardown. No manual steps. No shared staging. Every pipeline run is isolated.