Overview
User management is a company-level capability. Invited users belong to your company, receive a platform role, and optionally get access to one or more workspaces. Invitations are sent by email with a time-limited link; the invitee creates or signs into a CntX account to join.
On Business, administrators control a full role model (ADMIN, MANAGER, EDITOR, VIEWER). On Pro, up to three users can share workspaces—each maintains an individual subscription. Plus is single-user and does not expose user management.
When to use
- You need editors, managers, or viewers on your editorial calendar and content library.
- A new hire must access specific workspaces without seeing every brand in the company.
- You want to change someone’s role after a promotion or handover.
- An invitation expired or was sent to the wrong address.
Before you start
- You must be ADMIN of the company (`canInviteUserToCompany` requires company admin).
- Confirm seat availability for your plan:
– Plus — 1 user (no invitations). – Pro — up to 3 users on the company; each user is billed separately. – Business — 3 platform seats included; additional seats billed at 25 €/month each.
- Have the invitee’s work email and intended role ready.
- Optional: list which workspaces they should access on day one.
Steps
1. Open user management
- Sign in to the company where you are ADMIN.
- Open Settings → Users (or Teams → Users, depending on layout).
- Review the user count indicator (for example, `2/3 users` on Pro or Business base seats).
2. Send an invitation
- Click Invite a user.
- Enter email, first name, and last name.
- Select a company role:
– Administrator — full company control, billing, users, and settings. – Manager — user and team management; broader settings access. – Editor — create and edit content, briefs, and calendar items. – Viewer — read-only access; some company-level context may be hidden.
- Optionally assign workspace access and a workspace-level role in the table provided.
- Send the invitation.
The invitee receives an email with a link valid for 48 hours by default.
3. Track invitation status
In the users list or invitations panel, check status:
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Pending | Sent; waiting for the invitee to accept. |
| Accepted | User joined the company with the assigned role. |
| Expired | Link timed out—resend a fresh invitation. |
| Rejected | Admin declined a domain-based request (Business workflows). |
Resend or delete stale invitations instead of stacking multiple active tokens for the same email.
4. Edit an existing user
- Open Settings → Users.
- Select the user and click Edit.
- Update company role and/or workspace assignments.
- Save changes.
You cannot change your own role (security restriction). Only an owner-level admin can modify another owner.
5. Remove a user
- Open the user row and choose Delete.
- Confirm the warning: removal is permanent and revokes all workspace access.
Do not delete yourself. Transfer ADMIN responsibility first if you are leaving the company.
Expected result
- Invited users appear as Pending, then Accepted after signup.
- Each user sees only workspaces you assigned (or those they create if permitted).
- Role-appropriate sidebar items appear—viewers cannot edit strategy; admins see billing.
Tips
- Assign workspace access at invite time for Business teams with many brands—it avoids “empty workspace” confusion on first login.
- Pro users share editorial quota (pages crawled, storage) even though each pays individually—coordinate crawl and generation usage.
- Platform CONTRIBUTOR seats (login + billed) are different from email-only contributors—manage those separately under workspace settings.
- If an invitee says the link failed, check spam folders and expiration before opening a support ticket.
Next step
Configure Voice of the Field contributors per workspace with Manage Email-Only and Platform Contributors, or review the role matrix in Understand Permissions and Delegated Access.
Open the product and apply this guide to your workspace.