App Engine and App Engine Studio

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title: App Engine and App Engine Studio
description: Learn about the differences between App Engine and App Engine Studio.
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# App Engine and App Engine Studio

Learn about the differences between App Engine and App Engine Studio.

App Engine is a ServiceNow AI Platform® suite of products to help boost productivity by automating workflows. ServiceNow® App Engine Studio \(AES\) is a development tool for creators of varying skill levels to build applications that meet the immediate needs of your organization.

For more information, see [App Engine products and offerings](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/app-engine-products-offerings.md).

## How App Engine and App Engine Studio work together

App Engine provides the ServiceNow AI Platform infrastructure, governance, and application life cycle management capabilities. App Engine Studio is the development environment you use to build applications within that platform. App Engine serves as the platform infrastructure while App Engine Studio provides the development tools.

|App Engine|App Engine Studio|
|----------|-----------------|
|Platform suite and entitlement|Development environment within App Engine|
|Manages deployment, governance, and application lifecycle|Enables you to design, build, and test applications|
|Platform administrators manage this environment|Developers and citizen developers use this environment|

## Additional information about App Engine

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Learn more about App Engine

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Additional ServiceNow resources

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ServiceNow provides several additional resources on App Engine.

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\[Omitted image "bus-dollar-sign.svg"\] Alt text: [App Engine product page](https://www.servicenow.com/products/now-platform-app-engine.html)

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\[Omitted image "bus-datasheet.svg"\] Alt text: [App Engine Enterprise data sheet \(PDF\)](https://www.servicenow.com/content/dam/servicenow-assets/public/en-us/doc-type/other-document/entitlements/sn-app-engine.pdf)

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\[Omitted image "bus-contract.svg"\] Alt text: [Entitlements for subscription products](https://www.servicenow.com/products/entitlements.html)

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\[Omitted image "bus-ebook.svg"\] Alt text: [Custom table guide \(PDF\)](https://www.servicenow.com/content/dam/servicenow-assets/public/en-us/doc-type/legal/custom-table-guide.pdf)

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