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IMO, think of it like switching from a bicycle to a car. The bicycle might be faster in certain conditions, but the car offers more features and flexibility for different terrains. Similarly, Neon’s database branching feature is like adding all-terrain capability.

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I very much disagree with this. It is possible (and we do this in production) to branch a pg database without requiring these tools using `pg_dump` or `pg_dumpall` which uses the ability to branch a database. These can be integrated with either standard ORM tools or SQL scripts to achieve the same result with far better performance and lower cost. This very much appears to be a knowledge issue.

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