Product stages
What each status actually means.
Every SFGOC Labs product carries a stage. It describes how mature the product is — not when it will be released, and not what it will cost.
- AvailableUsable today.
The product is live and people can use it. Individual capabilities inside it may still be in development, and those are labelled where they appear.
- BetaWorking, still being hardened.
Core functionality works and is in real use, but behaviour, interfaces and scope can still change while feedback is gathered.
No product currently sits at this stage.
- Early AccessOpen to a limited group.
Available to a deliberately small set of users so the product can be shaped before wider release.
No product currently sits at this stage.
- In DevelopmentBeing built now.
Active engineering work. Described capabilities represent the intended product direction, not features you can rely on today.
- PilotRunning in real conditions with selected participants.
Parts of the product are being exercised in genuine operational settings to validate them. Pilot scope is narrower than the full product direction.
- PrototypeBuilt to prove the experience.
A working build exists and has been tested to validate the experience. It is not a manufactured or commercially available product.
- Hardware ConceptPhysical-product research.
Hardware direction under exploration. No specifications, tooling, manufacturing agreements, certifications, pricing or availability exist.
- R&DResearch, not yet a product.
Investigation into whether and how something should be built. Outcomes may change substantially or may not be pursued.
No product currently sits at this stage.
- ConceptAn idea being shaped.
Explored inside the Concept Lab. Nothing is committed, approved, priced or available, and no regulatory or professional status is claimed.
Stages are not timelines
A stage says where a product is today. It does not promise a release date, an order of release, a price, a feature set at launch, or that a product will reach the next stage at all. Directions we are exploring are labelled as directions on the product's own page.
If a product page describes a capability that is not yet built, the page says so next to that capability. When you need certainty about availability, treat only the Available stage as usable today.
See the portfolio
Browse every SFGOC Labs product with its current stage, or check product updates.