# Projects

Projects are used to organize clusters and databases for a specific workload or set of workloads in SingleStore Helios. Projects allow organizations with multiple workloads to conveniently group and manage resources for an application, team, or deployment environment.

Projects and clusters are organized in the following hierarchy:

```
Organization
└── Project
    ├── Clusters
    └── Databases
```

Clusters are assigned to a project when they are created and cannot be moved between projects.

## Projects and Editions

Edition is set at the project level. An organization can have multiple projects, where each project has a single edition. Multiple projects can have the same edition. Refer to [SingleStore Helios Editions](https://docs.singlestore.com/cloud/getting-started-with-singlestore-helios/about-singlestore-helios/singlestore-helios-editions.md) for information on supported editions.

All clusters and databases in a project have access to the features available in the selected edition. For example, databases in a project configured with Enterprise Edition have Point in Time Recovery (PITR) available, but databases in a project configured with Standard Edition only support restoring from daily continuous backups.

Use projects to separate resources with different lifecycle, operational, security, governance, or edition requirements. For example:

| Environment | Recommended Edition    | Purpose                                         |
| ----------- | ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| Production  | Standard or Enterprise | Production application workloads                |
| Staging     | Standard               | Pre-production validation and testing           |
| Development | Standard               | Application development and integration testing |
| Sandbox     | Shared                 | Prototypes and lightweight experimentation      |

To illustrate:

```
Organization
│
├── app-prod-project (Enterprise/Standard Edition)
│   ├── Production cluster
│   └── Production database
│
├── app-staging-project (Standard Edition)
│   ├── Staging cluster
│   └── Staging database
│
├── app-dev-project (Standard Edition)
│   ├── Development cluster
│   └── Development database
│
└── app-sandbox-project (Shared Edition)
    ├── Development cluster
    └── Development database
```

## Create or Manage Projects

To create a new project or manage existing projects:

1. Log in to the [Cloud Portal](https://portal.singlestore.com).

2. Select **Clusters** in the left navigation pane, and then select **Manage Projects**.

3. On the **Manage Projects** dialog:
   | **Create a Project**           | <ol> <li>Select <strong>Create Project</strong>. </li> <li>In the <strong>Name</strong> field, enter a name for the project. Use consistent names that identify the application and environment.</li> <li>From the <strong>Edition</strong> list, select an edition.</li> <li>In the <strong>Actions</strong> column, select the save icon to create the project.</li> </ol>                 |
   | ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | **Manage an Existing Project** | Only the name of an existing project can be updated; its edition cannot be changed.A project cannot be deleted while it has activeclusters.To update a project, select the three dots in the**Actions**column of the project, and select one of the following options:<ul> <li><strong>Rename</strong>: Rename the project.</li> <li><strong>Delete</strong>: Delete the project.</li> </ul> |

To view the clusters in a project, on the **Clusters** page, select a project from the project filter.

## Related Topic

* [SingleStore Helios Editions](https://docs.singlestore.com/cloud/getting-started-with-singlestore-helios/about-singlestore-helios/singlestore-helios-editions.md)

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Modified at: September 16, 2026

Source: [/cloud/getting-started-with-singlestore-helios/about-singlestore-helios/projects/](https://docs.singlestore.com/cloud/getting-started-with-singlestore-helios/about-singlestore-helios/projects/)

(An index of the documentation is available at /llms.txt)