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# Cloud Quickstart

Saleor Cloud offers free sandbox environments for developers to explore the Saleor platform without needing credit card information or trial periods.

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### Signup

Create an account at [Saleor Cloud](https://cloud.saleor.io/signup).

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### Create a sandbox

Create a store closest to the location of your project.

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### Explore the dashboard

The dashboard will be populated with sample datasets to make it easier to explore the features. At this stage, you have a ready-to-use Saleor store that you can use to follow the other quickstart guides.

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### Create a snapshot

1.  Try to modify any data (for example, deleting or editing a product) and create a snapshot of the store to save the current state of the store.
2.  In the sandbox details page, use **Create snapshot**.
3.  Give the snapshot a name **Staging snapshot**.

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### Clear data

We can completely erase data from the DB to start from scratch.

In the sandbox **Danger** settings, use **Clear database**.

This will remove all data from the database, making the dashboard empty as a result.

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### Use snapshot

Use **Restore from snapshot** to back the data we saved in the previous step.

Snapshots can be used across different sandboxes. You can now also create a new sandbox using the snapshot.

Go to **Project** -> **New sandbox** -> **Create from snapshot**.

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### Next steps

Using snapshot management can help you write migration scripts, test new features, or create a new store for staging or feature development.