Team Collaboration

Manage team members, roles, and permissions for collaborative analytics

Plausible Analytics supports team collaboration, allowing multiple users to work together on website analytics. You can invite team members, assign roles, and manage access to your sites.

Team Roles

Plausible offers six different team roles with varying levels of access:

Roles determine what actions team members can perform across all sites in your team or specific sites as a guest.

Owner

Owners have full administrative control over the team:

• Manage billing and subscription
• Invite and remove team members
• Transfer site ownership
• Delete the team
• Full access to all sites

Admin

Admins can manage team members and sites but cannot access billing:

• Invite and remove team members (except owners)
• Manage site settings
• Full access to all sites
• Cannot modify billing or subscription

Billing

Billing members have specialized access for financial management:

• View and manage billing information
• Update subscription and payment methods
• View usage and invoices
• No access to analytics data by default

Editor

Editors can modify site configurations:

• Edit site settings
• Manage goals and funnels
• Configure email reports
• View analytics for assigned sites

Viewer

Viewers have read-only access:

• View analytics dashboards
• Export data
• Cannot modify any settings
• Can be assigned to specific sites as guests

Guest

Guests have limited access to specific sites only:

• Can be assigned as viewer or editor for individual sites
• No access to team-wide settings
• Perfect for contractors or external collaborators

Inviting Team Members

1. Navigate to Team Settings

   Go to your team settings page to manage members.

2. Send Invitation

   Click “Invite member” and enter the email address of the person you want to invite.

3. Select Role

   Choose the appropriate role for the new team member:

   • Owner/Admin/Billing: Full team access
   • Editor/Viewer: Access to all sites with specific permissions
   • Guest: Access to specific sites only (configure after invitation)
4. Invitation Delivery

   An email invitation will be sent to the recipient. They can accept the invitation to join your team.

Guest Memberships

Guest memberships allow you to grant site-specific access without giving team-wide permissions.

Creating Guest Access

When you invite someone as a guest, you can:

1. Select specific sites they can access
2. Assign them as either a viewer or editor for each site
3. Grant different roles for different sites

Guests only see the sites they’ve been explicitly granted access to, making this ideal for clients or external collaborators.

Guest Capabilities

Guest Viewers can:

• View analytics for assigned sites
• Create shared links
• Export data

Guest Editors can:

• All viewer capabilities
• Configure site settings
• Manage goals and custom events
• Set up email reports

Team Policies

Team owners can configure team-wide policies to enforce security requirements.

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

Enforce 2FA for all team members:

force_2fa: true/false

When enabled, all team members must set up two-factor authentication to access the team.

Enabling force_2fa will require all existing members to configure 2FA on their next login.

Single Sign-On (SSO)

For enterprise teams, SSO can be configured with the following options:

SSO Enforcement Modes:

• none: SSO is optional (default)
• all_but_owners: Required for all members except owners

SSO Default Role: Set the default role for newly provisioned SSO accounts:

• Viewer (default)
• Editor
• Admin
• Billing

SSO Session Timeout: Configure session timeout (30 minutes to 12 hours, default: 6 hours)

SSO policies apply to all team integrations. The “all_but_owners” mode provides an escape hatch if your identity provider experiences issues.

Site Transfers

Owners can transfer sites between teams:

1. Navigate to the site settings
2. Select “Transfer site”
3. Choose the destination team
4. Confirm the transfer

Site transfers are permanent and will move all historical data to the new team.

Managing Team Members

Viewing Members

See all team members with their:

• Email address
• Current role
• Join date
• Guest site access (if applicable)

Updating Roles

Owners and admins can change member roles:

1. Find the member in the team settings
2. Click on their current role
3. Select a new role from the dropdown
4. Changes take effect immediately

Removing Members

1. Select Member

   Navigate to team settings and find the member to remove.

2. Remove Access

   Click the remove button next to their name.

3. Confirm Removal

   Confirm that you want to remove this member. They will immediately lose access to all team sites.

Best Practices

Follow these best practices for effective team collaboration:

• Use the principle of least privilege: Grant the minimum access level needed
• Prefer guest access for external collaborators: Keeps your team structure clean
• Maintain at least two owners: Prevents lockout if an owner leaves
• Regularly audit team members: Remove inactive users
• Enable 2FA: Adds an extra layer of security
• Use SSO for large teams: Centralizes authentication and improves security

Trial Period

New teams receive a trial period:

# Community Edition: 100 years trial
# Enterprise Edition: 30 days trial

During the trial, teams have full access to all features. After the trial expires, you’ll need an active subscription to continue using the service.