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This topic addresses the features, limitations, and recommended use cases for each\nenvironment type.\n\nBase environment type\n---------------------\n\nWhen you select a *Base environment* to attach to your Apigee instance, you can do the following:\n\n- Deploy and run [Standard API Proxies](/apigee/docs/api-platform/fundamentals/understanding-apis-and-api-proxies#proxy-types).\n- Utilize [Apigee API monitoring](/apigee/docs/api-monitoring) and [Cloud Monitoring](/monitoring/docs).\n- Access Apigee proxy development tools.\n- Leverage other Google Cloud services.\n- Register your APIs with Apigee's [API Hub](/apigee/docs/api-hub/what-is-api-hub) *(Preview)*.\n\nAs the lowest-cost environment type, the Base environment is recommended for the following API management use cases:\n\n- Proxying API traffic for prototyping, internal development, or small-scale applications.\n- Onboarding your program to Apigee and maintaining low ongoing costs.\n- Implementing a fully-managed gateway with the option to add advanced capabilities when required.\n\nIntermediate environment type\n-----------------------------\n\nWith an *Intermediate environment* attached to your Apigee instance, you can\naccess all the functionality of the Base environment type, along with the following:\n\n- Deploy and run [Extensible API Proxies](/apigee/docs/api-platform/fundamentals/understanding-apis-and-api-proxies#proxy-types) and Standard API Proxies.\n- Create [API products](/apigee/docs/api-platform/publish/what-api-product) and publish those products in a [developer portal](/apigee/docs/api-platform/publish/intro-portals).\n- Access add-on Apigee capabilities available for purchase like [Apigee API Analytics](/apigee/docs/api-platform/analytics/analytics-services-overview), [Advanced API Security](/apigee/docs/api-security), and [Monetization](/apigee/docs/api-platform/monetization/overview)^\\*^.\n\nWith these expanded capabilities, the Intermediate environment is recommended for the following API management use cases:\n\n- Building and publishing API products for developers.\n- Managing a portfolio of APIs with growing adoption.\n- Performing complex transformations or mediations in your API traffic.\n\n^\\*^ The Monetization add-on is currently unavailable for purchase.\n\nComprehensive environment type\n------------------------------\n\nIf you attach a *Comprehensive environment* to your Apigee instance, you can\naccess all the functionality of the Intermediate environment type, along with the ability to do following:\n\n- Perform at-scale deployments with multiple regions.\n- Purchase additional proxy deployments per environment.\n- Access high-performance operational tools like auto-scaling QPS, [debug masking](/apigee/docs/api-platform/security/data-masking), and [distributed tracing](/apigee/docs/api-platform/develop/enabling-distributed-trace) *(Preview)*.\n\nThe Comprehensive environment is recommended for API management use cases that require:\n\n- Supporting mission critical applications with high reliability and performance.\n- Maintaining precision control over API operations.\n\nComparison of environment types\n-------------------------------\n\nThe following table provides a comparison of the features and limitations of each environment type:\n\n^\\*^ Proxy deployment unit = 1 API proxy (standard or extensible) *or* 1 shared flow revision deployment.\n\n^\\*\\*^ The Monetization add-on is currently unavailable for purchase.\n\nAdd or remove environments\n--------------------------\n\nIf you have an Apigee organization provisioned with Pay-as-you-go pricing, you can create\nadditional environments of any type, up to the limits specified in [Comparison of environment types](#compare-env-table).\n\nWhen you [create a new environment](/apigee/docs/api-platform/fundamentals/environments-working-with#create), you can deploy any existing proxies to the new environment. If an environment\nis no longer required, you can undeploy your proxies and [delete\nthe environment](/apigee/docs/api-platform/fundamentals/environments-working-with#delete) to prevent any Pay-as-you-go charges from accruing.\n\nUpdate types for existing environments\n--------------------------------------\n\nAlternatively, you can upgrade or downgrade the type of an existing environment to add or remove feature capabilities and manage your Apigee Pay-as-you-go billing and resource usage.\nFor example, you can:\n\n- Upgrade a **Base** environment type to an **Intermediate** environment type to use Shared Flows in your deployments.\n- Downgrade an **Intermediate** environment that contains only Standard API proxies to a **Base** environment type to decrease environment usage costs.\n\nFor more information on using the Apigee APIs or Apigee UI in the Google Cloud console to change the type of an existing environment, see\n[Update Pay-as-you-go environment types](/apigee/docs/api-platform/reference/update-environment-types).\n\nIf your API management program grows beyond the capabilities provided by the Comprehensive environment type,\nyou can speak to your Google Cloud sales specialist about available [Subscription pricing plans](https://cloud.google.com/contact?direct=true&pre_product=apigee).\n\nWhat's next?\n------------\n\nFor more information about environment types, see:\n\n- [About environments and environment groups](/apigee/docs/api-platform/fundamentals/environments-overview)\n- [Policy types](/apigee/docs/api-platform/reference/policies/reference-overview-policy#policy-types)\n- [Pay-as-you-go FAQ](/apigee/docs/api-platform/reference/pay-as-you-go-updated-faq)"]]
