Product Types vs Product Categories

The Product Catalog in Sugar is available for users with any license type. Products can be broadly classified into product types, such as Software and Hardware. A product type can be further organized into one or more product categories. For example, Software may be sub-divided into Business Software and Educational Software categories. Each product type can consist of several product categories. Each product category can further be grouped into sub-categories to better organize and manage them. 

For more information, refer to the Product Catalog documentation for the applicable version of your Sugar product.