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description: A sandbox is a copy of your organization in a separate environment that you can use for a variety of purposes, such as testing and training. Sandboxes are completely isolated from your Salesforce production organization. The operations you perform in your sandboxes don’t affect your Salesforce production organization. You can create different sandbox environments for your org, depending on your needs for storage, copy configuration, and frequency of refresh.
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# Sandbox Licenses and Storage Limits by Type

A sandbox is a copy of your organization in a separate environment that you can use for a variety of purposes, such as testing and training. Sandboxes are completely isolated from your Salesforce production organization. The operations you perform in your sandboxes don’t affect your Salesforce production organization. You can create different sandbox environments for your org, depending on your needs for storage, copy configuration, and frequency of refresh.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Database.com</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

Each type has different features to support the activities it’s designed for.

Sandboxes Available Per Edition     
| Sandbox Type | Professional Edition | Enterprise Edition | Unlimited Edition | Performance Edition |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Developer Sandbox | 10 | 25 | 100 | 100 |
| Developer Pro Sandbox |   |   | 5 | 5 |
| Partial Copy Sandbox | Not Available | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Full Sandbox | Not Available |   | 1 | 1 |

- If you need licenses for more sandboxes, contact Salesforce to order sandboxes for your organization.
- You can order an unlimited number of QA databases.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-deploy_sandboxes-264-0-0-production-enus/654e51d1-6795-49fe-bd43-b5385950cf4a/images/icon_note.png)

Note You can buy additional Developer Pro sandboxes for any edition, or Partial and Full sandboxes for Enterprise, Unlimited, and Performance editions.

Developer sandboxes aren’t available for purchase but are bundled with add-on sandboxes of other types.

- The Developer Pro Sandbox add-on is bundled with 5 Developer Sandboxes.
- The Partial Copy Sandbox add-on is bundled with 10 Developer Sandboxes.
- The Full Sandbox add-on is bundled with 15 Developer Sandboxes.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-deploy_sandboxes-264-0-0-production-enus/654e51d1-6795-49fe-bd43-b5385950cf4a/images/icon_note.png)

Note You can match provisioned licenses in production to your sandbox org without having to refresh your sandbox. Sandbox license counts are updated to match the counts in production. The process also adds licenses that are in production but not in the sandbox, and deletes licenses that aren’t in production.

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small " summary="Sandbox Feature Quick Reference">
        <caption>Sandbox Feature Quick Reference</caption>
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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d3110e226">Sandbox Type</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d3110e229">Refresh Interval</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d3110e232">Storage Limit</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d3110e235">What’s Copied</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d3110e238">Sandbox Templates</th>
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            <td data-label="Sandbox Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e226 ">Developer Sandbox</td>

            <td data-label="Refresh Interval" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e229 ">1 day</td>

            <td data-label="Storage Limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e232 ">
              <p>Data storage: 200 MB (400 MB with storage upgrade)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">File storage: 200
                MB</p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="What’s Copied" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e235 ">Metadata only</td>

            <td data-label="Sandbox Templates" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e238 ">Not available</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Sandbox Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e226 ">Developer Pro Sandbox</td>

            <td data-label="Refresh Interval" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e229 ">1 day</td>

            <td data-label="Storage Limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e232 ">
              <p>Data storage: 1 GB (2 GB with storage upgrade)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">File storage: 1 GB</p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="What’s Copied" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e235 ">Metadata only</td>

            <td data-label="Sandbox Templates" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e238 ">Not available</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Sandbox Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e226 ">Partial Copy Sandbox</td>

            <td data-label="Refresh Interval" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e229 ">5 days</td>

            <td data-label="Storage Limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e232 ">
              <p>Data storage: 5 GB</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">File storage: Same as your production org</p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="What’s Copied" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e235 ">Metadata and sample data</td>

            <td data-label="Sandbox Templates" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e238 ">Required</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Sandbox Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e226 ">Full Sandbox</td>

            <td data-label="Refresh Interval" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e229 ">29 days</td>

            <td data-label="Storage Limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e232 ">Same as your production org</td>

            <td data-label="What’s Copied" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e235 ">Metadata and all data</td>

            <td data-label="Sandbox Templates" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3110e238 ">Available</td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

Entities defined as [metadata types](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_types_list.htm) aren’t counted as part of storage allocations in sandboxes. For more information about entities that are counted against storage allocations, see Salesforce Help: [Data and File Storage Allocations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.overview_storage.htm&type=5&language=en_US).

For more information on upgrading storage for Developer and Developer Pro sandboxes, see [Sandbox Storage Upgrades](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.data_sandbox_storage_upgrades.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Upgrade the data storage of new or existing Developer or Developer Pro sandboxes, which supports developing and testing with larger data sets.") for all the details.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-deploy_sandboxes-264-0-0-production-enus/654e51d1-6795-49fe-bd43-b5385950cf4a/images/icon_note.png)

Note Sandboxes don’t send email notifications when storage limits are reached. However, if you reach the storage limit of your sandbox, you can’t save new data in it. To check your storage limits, from Setup, enter Storage Usage in the Quick Find box, then select **Storage Usage**.

#### See Also

- [Create a Sandbox](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.data_sandbox_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When you create a sandbox, Salesforce copies the metadata from your production org to a sandbox org. What data gets copied depends on the sandbox type.")
- [Create or Edit Sandbox Templates](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.data_sandbox_templates.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Sandbox templates control which data is copied into a Partial Copy or Full sandbox.")
- [Sandbox Setup Considerations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.data_sandbox_implementation_tips.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Sandbox behavior is similar to a Salesforce production org, but important differences affect how you configure and test a sandbox org.")
- [Refresh Your Sandbox](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.data_sandbox_refresh.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Refreshing a sandbox updates its metadata from the source org. If the sandbox is a clone or if it uses a sandbox template, the refresh process updates the org’s data and its metadata. The org ID of the sandbox changes each time it’s refreshed.")