# Roles and seats, Organization Admin, Admin, Member, and Viewer

URL: https://engiprose.com/help/get-started/roles-and-seats
Updated: 2026-08-31
Audience: all

What each of the four roles can do, and how a paid seat differs from a free Viewer.

Every person in an organization has one of four roles: Organization Admin,
Admin, Member, or Viewer. This article explains what each can do, and why
Viewer is the odd one out when it comes to seats.

:::checklist title="What you'll do"
- See what each of the four roles can do
- Understand which role is free, and which roles need a paid seat
- Know what a no-seats banner and the viewer-only refusal mean
:::

## The four roles

- **Organization Admin** can do everything Admin can, plus manage billing,
  users, and access control. It's the only role that can invite people, change
  roles, or approve support access.
- **Admin** can manage the firm's settings, templates, and content library,
  and can create and edit proposals.
- **Member** (an Organization Member) can create and edit proposals, but can't
  reach the admin settings.
- **Viewer** is read-only. A Viewer can see proposals and the team, but can't
  create or edit anything.

:::note
Every role except Viewer is a paying, editing role: Organization Admin, Admin,
and Member all edit proposal content. Viewer is the only role in an
organization that does not.
:::

## Seats

:::figure src="/help-figures/get-started/roles-and-seats-1.png" alt="The Users page, showing a seat usage bar reading 1 of 10 used, 9 available" caption="The seat count on the Users page" route="/admin/users"
:::

Each of the three editing roles uses one of your firm's paid seats. Viewer is
free and does not count against them, which is why an organization at its seat
limit can still add reviewers as Viewers.

If your firm is at its seat limit, inviting another editing role shows:

:::warning
"No seats available. Deactivate another user or contact your administrator to
purchase more seats."
:::

Deactivating a user frees their seat. Only an Organization Admin can [invite,
deactivate, or change roles](/help/set-up-your-firm/invite-your-team), from
**Users** in the sidebar.

:::annotated-figure src="/help-figures/get-started/roles-and-seats-2.png" alt="The role picker in the Invite User dialog, listing Organization Admin, Admin, Organization Member and Viewer" caption="The role picker in the invite dialog" route="/admin/users"
1. Organization Admin, Admin: the two editing, admin-capable roles
2. Organization Member: the everyday editing role, shown as "Member" in lists
3. Viewer: read-only, and free
:::

:::note
The invite dialog's role picker calls the everyday role "Organization Member",
while the Users list and every other role display shows the same role as
"Member". They're the same role under two labels.
:::

## What a Viewer can't do

A Viewer who opens **New Proposal** sees an honest refusal instead of the
upload step: "You can't create proposals", with "Your role does not include
creating proposals in this organization." underneath. This applies to every
Viewer, including someone who has been given temporary EngiProse support
access, since that access also resolves to the Viewer role.

::::faq title="Common questions"
:::q question="Can a Viewer be promoted to an editing role later?"
Yes, an Organization Admin can change anyone's role from the Users page. Note
that promoting a Viewer to an editing role uses up a seat, so it's blocked if
your firm is already at its seat limit.
:::
:::q question="Is Admin the same as Organization Admin?"
No. Admin can manage settings, templates, and content, and create and edit
proposals. Only Organization Admin can also manage users, billing, and access
control.
:::
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