Salesforce operates on the concept of organizations, or orgs. <a target="_blank" href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=glossary.htm&amp;type=5">As defined by Salesforce</a> an org is:
When a customer purchases Salesforce, they are provided with an org which acts as the container for all their data. 
<h2 id="heading-types-of-org">Types of org</h2>
There are two broad categories of org:
<ul>
<li>Production instances
</li>
<li>Development instances
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="heading-production-instances">Production instances</h3>
Production orgs are designed to be used with live customer data and to actively run your business. They come in 4 different editions, each with different features enabled:
<ul>
<li>Essentials
</li>
<li>Professional
</li>
<li>Enterprise
</li>
<li>Unlimited
</li>
</ul>
You can learn more about each edition on the Salesforce site <a target="_blank" href="https://c1.sfdcstatic.com/content/dam/web/en_gb/www/datasheets/DS_SalesCloud_EdCompare.pdf">here</a>.
<h3 id="heading-development-instances">Development instances</h3>
Development instances are used for building and testing new features and customisations before they are released into the production instance.
There are several types of development instance, each serving different purposes and with different sets of features and customisations available. The most common are:
<ul>
<li>Full copy sandbox
</li>
<li>Partial copy sandbox
</li>
<li>Developer pro org
</li>
<li>Developer edition org
</li>
<li>Scratch org
</li>
</ul>

Salesforce operates on the concept of organizations, or orgs. [As defined by Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=glossary.htm&type=5) an org is:

When a customer purchases Salesforce, they are provided with an org which acts as the container for all their data. 

## Types of org

There are two broad categories of org:

* Production instances
    
* Development instances
    

### Production instances

Production orgs are designed to be used with live customer data and to actively run your business. They come in 4 different editions, each with different features enabled:

* Essentials
    
* Professional
    
* Enterprise
    
* Unlimited
    

You can learn more about each edition on the Salesforce site [here](https://c1.sfdcstatic.com/content/dam/web/en_gb/www/datasheets/DS_SalesCloud_EdCompare.pdf).

### Development instances

Development instances are used for building and testing new features and customisations before they are released into the production instance.

There are several types of development instance, each serving different purposes and with different sets of features and customisations available. The most common are:

* Full copy sandbox
    
* Partial copy sandbox
    
* Developer pro org
    
* Developer edition org
    
* Scratch org

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