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Telepresence is not built for PR reviews or automated testing. Signadot is.

Telepresence is a tool for local development that connects your local workstation to a Kubernetes cluster.
Use cases and capabilities
Signadot vs. Telepresences
Signadot
Complete Testing Solution
Request-level isolation with sandboxes
Local Development
Run services locally while connecting to cluster resources
PR Previews
Create isolated environments for each pull request
Automated Testing
Run AI-powered SmartTests and integration tests in sandboxes
Telepresence
Local Development Focus
Local-to-remote proxying
Local Development
Run services locally while connecting to cluster resources
Not designed for PR previews or automated testing
Signadot offers a more comprehensive solution that supports local development, PR previews, and automated testing through lightweight “sandboxes” that provide isolated environments without duplicating infrastructure.
Previews for Every Pull Request
From web to mobile frontends, generate on-demand previews that let your team test earlier and deploy with confidence.
Launch Previews in Seconds
Don’t waste time waiting—Signadot delivers previews in seconds while competitors take minutes, keeping your engineering velocity high.
Cut Infrastructure Cost by 90%
Testing across pull requests without duplicating environments cuts down cloud costs dramatically.
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Testimonials

Hear From Our Clients

On the margin, with the Signadot approach, 99.8% of the isolated environment's infrastructure costs look wasteful. That percentage looks like an exaggeration, but it's really not.
Connor Braa
Software Engineering Manager
With Neon's rapid growth, maintaining key DORA metrics and production SLO became a challenge. Signadot's Sandboxes solution transformed our CI/CD pipelines, reducing costs and enabling effective testing. Now, we can confidently make risky changes, fostering a culture of performance-oriented engineering.
Venkat Karun
Distinguished Engineer and Sócio
I want staging to be in a state where I'm able to push to production any day I want. The quality should be as good as prod so that I don't have to do more work after merging. This is exactly what Signadot allows us to do today.  We're now running tests before merging, which means cleaner code and  fewer rollbacks.
Buchi Reddy
CEO
Our vision when we started talking to Signadot was that we wanted to have the same stack for testing and production. Signadot has allowed us to do just that, bringing down the lead time for our developers to test changes from 30 minutes to literally 60 seconds.
Amit Gud
Software Engineer

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From code changes to testing environments in minutes. Our automated workflow lets you focus on development while we handle the preview environment setup and teardown.
Feature
Signadot
Telepresence
Local Development
Run services locally while connecting to cluster
Run services locally while connecting to cluster
PR Previews
Automatically create previews for PR testing
Not designed for this use case
Automated Testing
Built-in support for automated testing (including AI-powered SmartTests)
Out of scope
Team Collaboration
Multiple team members can collaborate by combining Sandboxes
Primarily designed for individual usage
Data Isolation
Supports tunable data isolation strategies
Limited (uses clusting cluster data)
VPN Compatibility
Works well with VPN tools
May have issues with some VPN setups
Scalability
Reliable at scale with multiple teams
Can face reliability challenges at scale
Infrastructure Cost
Minimal (no environment duplication)
Minimal (local development)
Multiple Service Testing
Test changes across multiple services with RouteGroups
Limited to single service focus
Setup Complexity
Requires initial platform setup
Simple individual setup
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Integrate with CI tools you already use
Support all test frameworks
Without Signadot, developers were experiencing frequent rollbacks of code due to issues discovered late in the staging environment. Now, the developers have much more confidence in what they are deploying, resulting in fewer breaks on production.
Devarshi Khanna
Backend Developer at ShareChat
How is Signadot different from other testing solutions?

Unlike traditional approaches that create full duplicate environments, Signadot uses a unique request-routing approach that allows you to test changes in isolation while sharing existing infrastructure. This results in up to 90% cost savings while delivering significantly faster feedback cycles.

How does Signadot integrate with my CI/CD pipeline?

Signadot provides a CLI and API that integrates with all popular CI/CD systems including GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, and GitLab. Our integration creates sandboxes for each pull request, runs tests, and reports results back to your pull request, providing complete visibility into test outcomes.

What testing frameworks does Signadot support?

Signadot works with any testing framework you currently use, including Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, Postman, RestAssured, JUnit, pytest, and more. There's no need to rewrite your tests - just point them at your sandbox environments using our routing mechanisms.

Do I need to modify my applications to use Signadot?

No code changes are required to your applications. Signadot works at the network layer by intercepting requests and routing them to the appropriate services. We provide tools like our Chrome extension, SDK, and CLI to make it easy to manage routing without modifying your application code.

How long does it take to set up Signadot?

Most teams are up and running with Signadot in less than a day. Installation involves deploying our Kubernetes operator to your cluster and configuring your CI/CD pipeline to create sandboxes. Our team provides hands-on support to ensure a smooth onboarding experience.

Can Signadot work with our service mesh?

Yes, Signadot integrates with popular service meshes like Istio, Linkerd, and Consul. We can leverage your existing service mesh for routing or use our built-in routing mechanisms if you don't have a service mesh. Our approach is designed to be flexible and work with your existing infrastructure.

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