Workspace roles and permissions

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Learn about Workspace-level roles, permissions, and managing team members in Webflow.

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This article covers the default Workspace roles and permissions. Enterprise customers and partners can create custom roles to define permissions for team members.

Your Workspace has two types of roles for team members:

  • Workspace role — defines Workspace-level permissions and which site roles a member can be assigned.
  • Site role — defines the access level and actions a teammate can perform on specific sites in your Workspace. Learn more about site roles and permissions.

Workspace owners and admins can access the Workspace’s Team settings to manage seats and members. When you add members to your Workspace, you can manage who has access to sensitive controls (such as billing details) or who can perform important actions (like publishing a website) by assigning Workspace roles.

How the seat type determines the available roles

When you invite a new member to your Workspace, you select which type of seat they fill and whether they can publish. The seat type determines which Workspace role and Site role you can assign them.

Role type Workspace role Site role
Full seat Owner, Admin, Site manager, Designer Site manager, Designer
Limited seat Marketer, Content editor Marketer, Content editor
Free seat Reviewer Reviewer
Freelancer or Agency Guest Guest Site manager, Designer,
Marketer, Content editor,
Reviewer

Compare Workspace roles and permissions

Each Workspace role includes a set of Workspace permissions and default site permissions. While some roles share the same Workspace permissions, their site permissions can differ significantly. Learn more about site-level permissions in our Site roles and permissions article.

Workspace roles overview

  • Owner — manage all Workspace and Site settings + design with all features
  • Admin — manage most Workspace settings and all Site settings + design with all features
  • Site manager — manage all Site settings + design with all features
  • Designer — design with all features
  • Marketer — create and edit pages using components
  • Content editor — only edits content (e.g., update text, replace images, manage Collection items)
  • Reviewer — view and comment on sites
  • Guest — agencies and freelancers can be invited to design a client's site

Workspace permissions

Scroll right to see each role's Workspace permissions:

Permissions Owner Admin Site manager, Designer, Marketer, Content editor Reviewer Guest
Edit Workspace plan and settings

✅

✅

❌

❌

❌
Add, update, or remove the payment card on file

✅

✅

❌

❌

❌
Update invoicing settings

✅

✅

❌

❌

❌
Download invoices

✅

✅

✅

❌

❌
Access all sites in a Workspace

✅

✅

❌ (can access the sites to which they’ve been granted access)

❌ (can access the sites to which they’ve been granted access)

❌ (can access the sites to which they’ve been granted access)
Invite and remove members from the Workspace

✅

✅

❌

❌

❌
Manage member permissions

✅

✅

❌

❌

❌
Configure integrations

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅
Update Workspace templates

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅
Request transfer of Workspace ownership to an admin

✅

❌

❌

❌

❌
Delete the Workspace

✅

❌

❌

❌

❌
Transfer hosting between sites in a Workspace

✅

✅

❌

❌

❌
Install and uninstall Apps

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅
Manage in-development Apps (e.g., create new Apps, edit App metadata, etc.)

✅

❌

❌

❌

❌
Install and uninstall Optimize and Analyze

✅

✅

❌

❌

❌

Default site role assignments

When a teammate is assigned a Workspace role, they’re automatically assigned a default site role:

Workspace role Default site role Site role description
Owner Site manager Manage all site settings 
Design with all designer features
Admin Site manager
Site manager Site manager
Guest Site manager
Designer Designer Design with all designer features
Marketer Marketer Create and edit pages using components
Content editor Content editor Edit content
Reviewer Reviewer View and comment on sites
Growth, Agency, and Enterprise Workspace plans allow Workspace Admins and Site managers to modify site role assignments. To understand the differences between these site roles and how to modify them, check out our Site roles and permissions article.

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