Use this glossary to become familiar with common terms used in ArcGIS Hub. You can also refer to this table to understand which features are available with your license to ArcGIS Hub.
Feature | ArcGIS Hub Premium | ArcGIS Hub Basic |
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Community account—An ArcGIS Online account that allows people, such as volunteers, partners, and members of the public, to engage with an organization's objectives. Community accounts are managed in a community organization. To learn more, see Community account overview. | Yes | No |
Community organization—An additional subscription to ArcGIS Online for managing community accounts and content. This organization is linked to the primary ArcGIS Online organization that you use to accessArcGIS Hub. The connections between these two organizations allow collaborators to share editable or view-only content with community members. To learn more, see Compare organization permissions. | Yes | No |
Content catalog—A catalog of items that administrators, owners, and editors can configure for sites, initiatives, and projects and share via site layout cards and search results. Users can also access the site's API endpoint for data federation. To learn more, see Content basics. | Yes | Yes (sites only) |
Dashboard—Monitor views over time to track the level of engagement with an audience across sites where your content is featured. | Yes | Yes |
Employee organization—The subscription to ArcGIS Online used by internal staff to access ArcGIS Hub. | Yes | No |
Events—Create and share events related to your sites, initiatives, and projects using the built-in events management system. | Yes | No |
Followers—People who want to stay informed of progress on your objectives. To follow updates on content (site, initiative, projects, etc.), the interested person must have an ArcGIS Online account. To learn more see Followers FAQs. | Yes | No |
Initiatives—Create and share initiatives and add details, metrics, related projects, and bring in collaborators. Tip:ArcGIS Hub Basic does not support initiatives, but allows members to configure unlimited sites and pages for sharing content. | Yes | No |
Layout editor—A design layout that features drag-and-drop cards to add components, such as text, images, and apps, to your sites and pages. This is also where you can access settings and configuration options for your layout, including CSS and HTML inputs. | Yes | Yes |
Open data—Create a site or use the Share Open Data template by adding items that support download, such as datasets and feature services. These items are automatically made available to the intended audience for download. Note:The ArcGIS Online Open data (groups) capability is no longer required to create open data sites or to make data available for download. Learn more in Data download settings and Make public content more visible. | Yes | Yes |
Pages—Create and share pages across one or many sites to separate topics and to expand your site's content and navigation. You can add and design pages using the layout editor. | Yes | Yes |
Sites—Build configurable and branded websites for sharing internal and public content, such as apps, data, and media. | Yes | Yes |
Template builder—Turn your site and its content into a template that others can easily deploy for their own use. | Yes | No |
Template gallery—Browse the template gallery to get started with a predesigned site, apps, and other content. | Yes | No |