# Home

## Welcome to Skyflow

> Guides, demos, and samples to help you build with Skyflow.

Skyflow is a data privacy platform that helps you protect, manage, and use sensitive data. Our documentation provides guides, API references, and tutorials to help you build with Skyflow.

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### Documentation sections

- **[Fundamentals](/docs/fundamentals/home/)** — Get started guides, usage patterns (PII, PCI, LLM privacy, analytics), and core concepts
- **[Vaults](https://docs.skyflow.com/docs/vaults/create-a-vault)** — Create vaults, insert records, query data, and manage sensitive information
- **[Governance](/docs/governance/)** — Access control, roles, policies, service accounts, and audit logs
- **[Tokenization](/docs/tokenization/)** — Tokenize and detokenize data, column groups, and compliance
- **[Connections](/docs/connections/)** — Integrate with downstream APIs like Stripe, Plaid, and VISA
- **[AI & Data Sanitization](/docs/de-identification/)** — Detect API for sanitizing PII in text, audio, images, and files
- **[Payments](https://docs.skyflow.com/docs/payments/pci-compliance)** — BIN lookup, 3DS, network tokenization, and account updater
- **[SDKs](/docs/sdks/)** — Client-side and server-side SDKs for multiple languages
- **[API Reference](https://docs.skyflow.com/api)** — Complete API documentation for Data, Detect, Payments, and Management APIs
- **[Release notes](https://docs.skyflow.com/docs/release-notes)** — Product updates, new features, and API changes

Here you'll find guides, demos, and samples to help you build with Skyflow.

Get started

Explore what Skyflow can do

### By use case

##### [Securely store sensitive data in Vault](/docs/fundamentals/get-started/)

Learn the basics of Skyflow's Data API to read and write sensitive data to a
Vault.

##### [Collect sensitive data from the client-side](https://docs.skyflow.com/docs/sdks/client-side/handling-data-client-side)

Use Skyflow's client-side SDKs to securely collect sensitive data from the
client.

##### [Govern access to sensitive data](/docs/governance/)

Use Skyflow's data governance capabilities to control access to your
sensitive data.

##### [Use sensitive data with other APIs](/docs/connections/)

Use Skyflow Connections to securely send sensitive data to downstream APIs
like Stripe, Adyen, etc.

### By feature

##### [Vault](https://docs.skyflow.com/docs/vaults/create-a-vault)

Protect, manage, and use your sensitive data.

##### [Connections](/docs/connections/)

Securely connect to third-party APIs and services.

##### [Pipelines](/docs/workflows/pipelines/)

Process your sensitive data in bulk.

##### [Functions](/docs/workflows/functions/)

Run custom code to process or transform your data.

### Most visited

##### [Authenticate](/docs/fundamentals/api-authentication/)

Learn how to authenticate with Skyflow's APIs and SDKs.

##### [Why Skyflow?](/docs/fundamentals/product-overview/)

Discover the benefits of using Skyflow for data privacy and security.

##### [Data API](/api/data/)

Protect and use your sensitive data.

##### [Management API](https://docs.skyflow.com/api/management)

Manage your Skyflow resources.