Sandbox Tier Launches with 14 Customer-Facing Features
SGEN's Sandbox trial tier is live as of May 15, 2026. Sign up, build a working site, and evaluate the platform — running the actual scoped component system, not a stripped trial stack. Fourteen features are available from day one. When you upgrade, the site transfers to any paid plan with no rebuild and no re-import.
The real product, scoped
Not a franken-stack with half the features locked. Sandbox runs the actual component system, conflict-free with every paid tier above it.
Builds transfer cleanly
Sites built on the trial move to any paid plan with no rebuild, no export, no re-import. Everything you build carries forward.
Fourteen features from day one
A full foundation across Content, Design, Operations, and People — enough to ship a working site before you spend a dollar.
What's now live
Trial CMS plans usually mean a stripped franken-stack — half the features turned off behind a paywall, every upgrade a re-import. Sandbox runs the actual scoped component system, conflict-free with paid tiers, so a site built on the trial keeps working the day after upgrade. Trial restrictions (time, scope, domain limits) are administered by SGEN. Sites built during the trial transfer cleanly to any paid tier.
What's included
Fourteen features grouped by working area. Every one of them carries up into every paid plan above Sandbox.
Content
Build and publish
Pages with full visual editing · Blog & posts with categories, tags, drafts, and revision history · Visual page builder with 48 components · Shortcodes system to embed forms, popups, and dynamic content anywhere on a page or post.
Design
Make it yours
Header & footer designer with menu builder and footer columns · Dedicated responsive mobile menu · One-click site templates · Theme picker and Color Swatches · Site appearance & branding — logo, favicon, brand colors, and global typography.
Operations
Run the site
Site settings & configuration — title, timezone, and permalinks · Onboarding wizard for guided first-time setup · In-dashboard admin notifications for site events · Media library for images, video, and files.
People
Manage access
User & team management with RBAC roles. Sandbox includes one seat. Extra seats unlock at any paid tier.
Where it fits in the plan structure
Sandbox is not a sales gate. It is the actual product, scoped to the foundation. Every Sandbox feature carries up into every paid plan above it. Higher tiers add capability rather than replacing what's below — so a site built entirely on Sandbox features works identically the day after an upgrade, with the paid features now available alongside.
| Tier | What it adds over Sandbox |
|---|---|
| Sandbox | Fourteen-feature foundation (this release) |
| Launch | Outbound email + form builder |
| Grow | Activity log / audit trail |
| Ecommerce Suite | Cart, checkout, products, orders (add-on at any base tier) |
What's not included
Three groups of capability are deliberately outside Sandbox. Each one shows up when the operating need shows up — not before.
Outbound email + form builder
Unlocks at the Launch tier.
Activity log / audit trail
Unlocks at the Grow tier.
Ecommerce — cart, checkout, products, orders
Bolts on via the Ecommerce Suite at any base tier.
Heads up Nothing to do. Existing accounts are already on the Sandbox tier with the full fourteen-feature set.