Why it matters

Data separation model shapes cost, compliance, and blast radius. Wrong model bites later.

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The architecture

Shared table: cheapest, most risk.

Schema-per-tenant: middle ground.

DB-per-tenant: strongest, costly.

Agent data separationShared tablecheap, riskySchema per tenantbalancedDB per tenantisolated, costlyEnterprise tenants often demand dedicated DB; SMB usually accepts shared
Agent data separation.
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How it works end to end

Enterprise tenants demand dedicated DB.

SMB shares.

Encryption keys per tenant for compliance.