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# Getting Started with Stacksync

Set up your first sync in less than 5 minutes

Stacksync lets you sync data across your tools so when you update data anywhere, it updates everywhere! You can create your first sync in under 5 minutes. Here's how:

### Step 1: Create a new sync

From your dashboard, click "Create a new sync"

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### Step 2: Connect your apps

Click on each app you want to sync and connect with a single click!

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### Step 3: Map tables

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If both of your apps contain tables that should be synced together, you can select them side by side. If, for some tables in an app, you don’t yet have a table in the other app, Stacksync will create pixel-perfect schemas for you! ✨ In most cases, you’ll let Stacksync create new tables for you, but it’s up to you!

You can also choose the sync direction: **one-way or two-way sync 😍**

### Step 4: Map fields

For every table you want to sync, you will map fields (i.e. columns) together.

Stacksync uses AI auto-mapping, which finds the best matching pairs for you so you don’t have to do all the work manually. You can modify the proposed mapping as you like, with maximum flexibility.

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{% hint style="info" %}
Field *names* do not have to match.

Field *types* need to be compatible (no need to be exactly the same but semantically compatible). Check our documentation on field mapping for more details.
{% endhint %}

### Step 5: Turn sync on!

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That's it! 🎉 Data will start syncing between your tools. With real-time and two-way sync you can modify your data in any of your synced apps for it to be updated in any other apps.

{% hint style="info" %}
After turning sync on, you can check the **issues dashboard** to see any sync errors from your connected apps. Access it from the menu on the left of your Stacksync screen.
{% endhint %}

### 👉 Keep reading!

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[Two-Way Sync Salesforce and Postgres](/two-way-sync/guides/two-way-sync-salesforce-and-postgres.md)
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