Clone your production database to dev and test environments – with automatic anonymization, schema versioning, and full audit trails.
Even when your test environment is 3 versions behind production.
The reality without Clonio
Sound familiar? You're not alone in this struggle.
Your QA team needs realistic data to test properly. But copying production means exposing real customer emails, addresses, and payment info in unprotected environments. One compliance audit away from a €20M GDPR fine and a career-ending headline.
Export. Sanitize. Import. Repeat every sprint. Schema mismatches break everything. Your developers waste days debugging test data instead of shipping features your customers actually want. And you still can't be sure all PII is gone.
Who copied what data? When? Which anonymization rules were applied? Zero visibility means zero compliance proof. When the auditor asks, you have no answers — and you're the one explaining to your CEO why the company faces regulatory penalties.
These problems don't have to be your reality.
See how Clonio solves thisClonio automatically copies your production database to test and dev environments – with configurable anonymization, schema-version handling, and cryptographically signed audit logs. Running inside your infrastructure. All in one click.
No more manual exports. No more compliance anxiety. No more schema mismatches. Just production-realistic test data that's safe to use.
Before & After
From days of manual work to minutes of automation.
Core capabilities
Four transformation types for every column. Choose what fits your data:
Built-in GDPR compliance. No PII leaves your infrastructure unprotected.
Your test database is 3 versions behind production? No problem.
Clonio handles schema differences automatically:
Clone confidently, even when your environments are out of sync.
Every clone operation is logged and cryptographically signed:
Audit-ready reports for compliance teams. Zero manual documentation needed.
Built for DevOps
Clonio fits into your existing toolchain. Trigger clones however you work.
Schedule clones with cron-style timing or trigger on-demand when you need fresh data.
Start a cloning run with a single API call. Integrate it into any workflow, script, or pipeline.
Connect to GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or any webhook-compatible system. Deploy to prod → auto-clone to test.
Trigger a cloning run with curl or wget. Drop it into any pipeline step, cron job, or shell script — no special tooling needed.
Integrates with your favorite tools
# Trigger via API within your internal firewall boundaries
curl -X POST https://<your-clonio-instance>/api/trigger/5f23fcede47385479ab59ca4e5d5de978911658fcd677480dce13076fe40f75c
# The `5f23fc...75c` is a hash for the exact cloning you want to executeSecurity & compliance
No PII leaves your infrastructure unprotected. Transformation rules ensure compliance at the data level.
Tamper-proof compliance trail. Every action is logged, signed, and verifiable.
Self-hosted only — by design. Your data never leaves your servers. Stays behind your firewalls, inside your audits, zero third-party risk.
Industry-standard encryption, role-based access control, and secure credential management.
Free forever for the community. Fair pricing for commerce.
Individuals, hobby projects, NGOs & open source
No credit card. No license required. Ever.
Be responsible for compliant data
Commercial use · up to €1M net annual revenue
€468 / year · billed annually in advance
60-day implementation period · then billed yearly
Commercial use · above €1M net annual revenue
€1188 / year · billed annually in advance
60-day implementation period · then billed yearly
All prices are net. According to § 19 UStG no VAT is charged — small business regulation, Germany.
Clonio needs access to your production database to do its job. That means it must live inside your infrastructure — behind your firewalls, compliant with your audits, and following your data governance rules. We can't guarantee those requirements from the outside, so we don't try. Keep Clonio behind your firewalls and you stay in full control. Your data never leaves your environment.
This is not a "try before you buy" trial. You can deploy Clonio and run it in your environment for 60 full days without any payment. At day 61, commercial users are required to obtain a license. Revenue determines which tier applies — simple and transparent. Free for non-commercial use, always.
Deploy Clonio behind your firewalls. Connect your databases. Run your first compliant clone in minutes — free for 60 days, free forever for non-commercial use.
# one POST call is all it takes
curl --request POST \
"https://<your-clonio-instance>/api/trigger/<token>"
Clonio automatically detects and adapts to schema differences. If your test database has added, removed, or renamed columns compared to production, Clonio intelligently maps the data. You define transformation rules once, and they work across different schema versions.
Clonio currently supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and Microsoft SQL Server. Need Oracle or MongoDB? Leave us a feature request – we prioritize development based on customer demand and can provide custom solutions for enterprise clients.
Absolutely. Clonio runs entirely within your infrastructure. Your data never leaves your environment — there is no external cloud service involved. All data transfer happens between your own databases, and anonymization is applied in-flight before data reaches the target. This is precisely why Clonio is self-hosted only.
Clonio gives you 60 days to integrate it into your infrastructure — no payment required. This is not a trial: you get full access to all features from day one. After day 60, commercial users are asked to obtain a license based on their annual net revenue. Free forever for individuals, hobby projects, NGOs, and open source. Revenue determines your tier, simple and transparent.
This is a fair use license. We trust you. If you are using Clonio in a commercial product or workflow, we genuinely hope you will reach out and let us know — not because we will chase you down, but because it helps us understand how Clonio is being used and keeps the project alive. Every license fee goes directly into ongoing development: new database drivers, better anonymization, improved tooling.
And if you just love what we are building — even as an individual — you can support us through GitHub Sponsors. Any amount is welcome and deeply appreciated. It is the most direct way to say "keep going."
To clone your production database, Clonio needs a direct connection to it. Your production database must comply with your company's security audits, data governance policies, and GDPR requirements. These constraints cannot be guaranteed by an external cloud service — and we don't want to pretend otherwise. By running Clonio inside your own infrastructure, behind your firewalls, you stay in full control. Your data never travels outside your environment.
Yes. You can trigger a cloning run with a single API call — a plain curl or wget is all it takes. Drop it into any GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or any other pipeline step. Schedule it via cron, or wire it up to a webhook. No special tooling required. See the docs for more information.
All plans include email support within an appropriate amount of time. We're friendly and supportive — reach out anytime during your integration and beyond.
We provide detailed documentation and examples for common use cases — all packed inside Clonio itself and available as markdown, so AI-driven workflows can consume it directly. For complex scenarios, we offer onboarding sessions on request.