Member role definitions

Each member of your Productboard workspace has a role. Roles define what each member can see and do. There are four default roles—viewer, contributor, maker, and maker with admin access.

This article defines the permissions and capabilities of each default role. For information about custom roles, see Custom roles: Governing data field access.

For instructions on how to to add members to your workspace, see Add new members to your Productboard workspace.

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Relevant to both new and legacy boards

Editor roles

  • Maker with admin access: Full edit rights on all boards, plus the ability to manage members, integrations, settings, and billing. Often referred to as 'admins' for short.
  • Maker: Full edit rights on all boards. 

Admins can always update roles from the Members page. Doing this may change how much you pay for Productboard, but only if you're on a paid plan. Don't worry—we'll notify you if so.

For more information on editor roles, see the article Getting started as a maker and maker admin in Productboard.

Collaborator roles

When in doubt, you can feel confident inviting new people into your Productboard workspace as viewers. You'll always be able to control what they can and cannot see in Productboard, and they won't be able to interact except to leave comments on features.

Permissions break-down

  Admin Maker Contributor Viewer
Set up and manage integrations
Manage subscription and billing information
Invite team members and manage roles
Delete workspace and all data
Create/edit/delete features and notes
Owner of Features
Customize Feature statuses
Create and tag new notes
Assign ownership of notes they own or create
Create new portals
Update portal settings
Create & edit portal cards
Compose updates on portal cards
Create & edit boards
Update board settings
Create teamspaces
View roadmaps that have been shared with them

Review portals, if shared with the team or shared via public/private link

 

Note: The private link sharing option allows anyone with the link to access it.

Portal users

End users contributing insights and feature ideas via portals do not need a full Productboard account.

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