Users and permissions overview

Roles determine what you and your teammates can see and edit in Tettra. Admin roles that are designed for people responsible for managing accounts and billing. And there are also other more limited roles for team members and guests

The billing admin role is automatically set to the first user that adds a card and creates a subscription.

All user types (regardless of role) will be considered in your account's overall user count for billing.

Types of roles

Admins overview

For the managers of your Tettra Account
Full account access to manage content, users, permissions, billing, and run export

Editors overview

For your managers/category owners
Access to edit categories, content, and invite new users

Contributors overview

For subject-matter experts
Access to create and edit content

Read-only users overview

For your viewers and front-line employees
Access to read pages, ask questions, make requests, and create comments

Guests overview

For your contractors, partners, or part-time employees
Access to create and edit content on specific categories

Permissions

In Tettra, each user has a role that dictates their level of access to Tettra's features. The table below details the specific permissions for each user type.

Managing users	Admins	Editors	Contributors	Read-only	Guests
View users	✔	✔	✔	✔
Invite users	✔	✔
Grant the Guest user access to specific categories	✔	✔
Add users in bulk	✔	✔
Change user types	✔
Add users in bulk	✔	✔
Deactivate users	✔
Modify deactivated users	✔
Set a default user role for new users	✔
Reactivate users	✔

Managing categories & pages	Admins	Editors	Contributors	Read-only	Guests
Create pages	✔	✔	✔		✔
View pages	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Edit pages	✔	✔	✔		✔
Search all pages	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Bookmark pages & categories	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Create page requests	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Change page viewing and category permissions	✔	✔
Transfer content ownership	✔	✔	✔
See page viewers	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Share a draft with a user	✔	✔
Delete a user from a draft	✔	✔
Update a page owner	✔	✔
Restrict page edits	✔	✔
Create a public category	✔	✔
Change private categories to public	✔
Share a private page outside Tettra	✔	✔	✔		✔
Share a page with a link	✔	✔	✔		✔
Use the Slack shortcut to search inside channels and DMs	✔			✔
Comment on pages	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
React to pages	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Ask questions	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Comment on/Answer questions	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Use templates	✔	✔	✔
Access version history	✔	✔
Verify pages	✔	✔
Pin, move, or archive pages	✔	✔	✔		✔
Pin pages to dashboard	✔
Suggest page edits for approval				✔