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In development

Real patterns.
No real people.

Methodal makes synthetic data for teams that cannot share their real data. It maps how your tables fit together, then builds new rows that keep the patterns and belong to no real person.

Request early access
A collage of prints: a wave, an eagle and a crest
customers.csvStays on your servers
nameagepostcodebalanceopened
•••••• ••••••47•••• •••£3,118.402016-08
•••• •••••••••29••• •••£412.952021-02
••••••• ••••63•••• •••£27,906.122009-11
••••• •••••38••• •••£1,775.002018-05
•••••••• ••••••52•••• •••£9,240.612013-01
The same collage printed again in different inks
stand-in.csvTest and demo data
idageareabalanceopened
c7f2e946LS6£3,204.182016-10
1a90d331BS3£388.702020-12
e04b7c61CF24£26,511.092010-03
9d3f2137YO31£1,902.442018-02
b6e81554NE4£8,877.302012-09
01Understand the need

Describe the job in plain words: testing a new app, a vendor trial, training a model. Methodal turns it into a plan.

02Map the data

It maps the tables, the columns and the rules that link them. Your reviewer approves the plan and a small sample.

03Build synthetic rows

New rows with the same spread of values and the same links between columns. No row is a real person.

04Test, then release

It tries to pick out real people in its own output and checks the data is still useful. Only data that passes the gate leaves.

What you get

Three things you keep.
From every project.

stand-in.csvTest and demo data
idageareabalance
c7f2e946LS6£3,204.18
1a90d331BS3£388.70
e04b7c61CF24£26,511.09
9d3f2137YO31£1,902.44
b6e81554NE4£8,877.30
f30a6d29M14£612.05
01 · DatasetThe synthetic dataset

Tables with the same columns, links and spread of values as yours, built for the one job you described.

PlanRKSigned by your reviewer
  • customers12 columns
  • accounts9 columns
  • loans8 columns
  • repayments7 columns
Age 18 to 90Amounts in £UK postcodes
Sample of 20 rowsApproved
02 · PlanThe plan your reviewer signed

The tables, columns and rules Methodal mapped, and the sample your team approved before anything was built.

Release report
Privacy scoreneeds ≥ 85
Usefulnessneeds ≥ 90%
  • Can a real person be found?Testing
  • Are column links kept?Testing
03 · ReportThe release report

Every privacy and usefulness check the data ran against, and the result of each, for your auditor to read.

Methodal

Tell us what you need.
We plan it with you.

Methodal is in development. Three short steps, and we will write back to plan the build with you.

  1. We read your requestWe read every message.
  2. We plan it with youThe tables, the rules and what the data is for.
  3. Your reviewer signs offNothing is built before the plan is approved.
Step 1 of 3 · What it is for
What will the data be used for?

Questions

Is Methodal available now?

It is in development. Request early access and we will tell you when a place opens.

What happens if the data fails the gate?

It does not leave. A person cannot approve a failed gate.

What does an early access project cost?

We scope each project with you first. Send a request and we will walk through it together.

Can we see it before we commit?

Yes. Watch the film above, or ask for a walkthrough in your request.