# Arc XP Environments

Source: https://dev.arcxp.com/pagebuilder-engine/pagebuilder-basics/arc-xp-environments/

A single instance of Arc XP is called an _organization_. A single organization typically includes one unique Okta instance and six standard _environments_. Each _environment_ is an isolated set of Arc XP applications.

| **Environment Name**   | **Environment Type** | **Application Tier** | **Content Source** |
| ---------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------ |
| Development            | Experience           | Sandbox              | Sandbox            |
| Outbound Feeds Sandbox | Experience           | Sandbox              | Sandbox            |
| Sandbox                | Full                 | Sandbox              | (self)             |
| Staging                | Experience           | Production           | Production         |
| Outbound Feeds         | Experience           | Production           | Production         |
| Production             | Full                 | Production           | (self)             |

![PageBuilder Engine Secrets](https://dev.arcxp.com/images/pagebuilder-engine/arc-xp-environments.png)

## Concepts

### Full Environments

A full environment includes an instance of all Arc XP applications and related content storage.

Each organization has two standard full environments: Sandbox and Production.

### Experience Environments

An experience environment includes an instance of Arc’s experience product, PageBuilder, as well as the necessary tools to support the environment – Developer Center, Permissions and Global Settings. (PageBuilder is also available in full environments.)

Experience environments mirror most content data – such as that generated by Composer, Photo Center and Video Center – from a full environment.

Each organization has four standard experience environments: Development, Outbound Feeds Sandbox, Staging and Outbound Feeds.

### Application Tier

Arc applications are deployed at different times to different application tiers. Most applications are deployed first to environments in the _sandbox_ tier and then deployed again 1-2 weeks later to environments in the _production_ tier. Environments in different tiers may be running different versions of applications in the Arc platform.