Creates isolated copies of any Postgres database in under six seconds for coding agents and developers.
Ardent is a Postgres database sandboxing platform for coding agents and developers. It replicates a production database into a read replica and creates isolated branches from it in seconds, with each branch functioning as a full PostgreSQL database containing real data. Branches autoscale compute, suspend after five minutes of inactivity, and resume on reconnect, while storage costs apply only to changed data.
The platform ships as a git-style command-line tool with create, switch, info, and delete operations, plus an agent skill that lets coding agents such as Claude Code and Cursor drive setup. It connects to Supabase, AWS RDS, PlanetScale, and self-hosted Postgres without migration, and supports anonymization hooks for removing personal data before results are returned to agents.
Databricks
Lakebase
databricks.com
Supabase
Managed Postgres
supabase.com
PlanetScale
PlanetScale Postgres
planetscale.com
| Attribute | Ardent — Database branching for coding agents | Lakebase | Managed Postgres | PlanetScale Postgres | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | | | | | |
| Founded | 2024 | 2013 | 2020 | 2018 | |
| Sells To | Developers, Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise, Small Business | Enterprise | |
| Pricing Model | B2B Subscription, Recurring Usage-Based | Usage-based | Recurring, Software, Usage-based | Recurring | |
| Ownership | Private, Venture-backed | Venture-backed | Venture-backed | Venture-backed |
Provider
Founded 2024
Sells To Developers, Enterprise
Pricing Model B2B Subscription, Recurring Usage-Based
Ownership Private, Venture-backed
Provider
Founded 2013
Sells To Enterprise
Pricing Model Usage-based
Ownership Venture-backed
Provider
Founded 2020
Sells To Enterprise, Small Business
Pricing Model Recurring, Software, Usage-based
Ownership Venture-backed
Provider
Founded 2018
Sells To Enterprise
Pricing Model Recurring
Ownership Venture-backed
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