Roles and permissions
Roles decide what each person can do in your workspace, from running billing to simply viewing data. Model Match ships with four built-in roles that cover most teams, and lets you build custom roles when you need a more precise fit.
💡 Roles are how you delegate safely. Promote a trusted teammate to Admin to share the load, or create a custom role that grants exactly one capability and nothing more.
What's in this article?
- The four built-in roles
- What each role can do
- Custom roles
- Changing someone's role
- FAQs
The four built-in roles
- Owner. Full control of the workspace. Only the Owner can transfer ownership or delete the workspace. There is one Owner at a time.
- Admin. Manages people, plan, credits, security, branding, and integrations. Cannot transfer ownership or delete the workspace.
- Member. Uses the product day to day. Manages their own personal settings, like their own spending limit, but not workspace-wide settings.
- Viewer. Read-only access to most areas.
What each role can do
| Area | Owner | Admin | Member | Viewer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Members & roles | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| Teams | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| Plan & billing | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| Workspace credits & limits | ✅ | ✅ | Own limit only | — |
| Security, SSO & domains | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| Audit log | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| Branding & profile | ✅ | ✅ | View | View |
| API keys & webhooks | ✅ | ✅ | Own only | View |
| Connectors | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | View |
| Transfer ownership | ✅ | — | — | — |
| Delete workspace | ✅ | — | — | — |
🧠 Admins run the workspace, but only the Owner can give it away or delete it.
FAQs
Can there be more than one Admin? Yes. You can have as many Admins as you need. There's only ever one Owner.
What's the safest role for someone who only needs to look at data? Viewer. It's read-only across most of the workspace.
Can I limit someone to just one capability? Yes. Create a custom role with only that permission and assign it.
I want a teammate to manage billing but nothing else. Build a custom role scoped to plan and credits, and assign it to them instead of full Admin.