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# How organizations and workspaces work

> How organizations, workspaces, and channels fit together in contentgrove, what stays separate between them, and when to use more than one workspace.

contentgrove organizes your account into three levels: an organization, one or more workspaces, and the channels connected inside each workspace. Most people never think about this — if you're a solo creator, you have one organization, one workspace, and one channel, and everything just works. The structure only starts to matter once you add more brands, clients, or teammates.

## The three levels

| Level            | What it is                                                                                              | Holds                           |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| **Organization** | The account that pays. Your subscription and billing live here.                                         | One or more workspaces          |
| **Workspace**    | A single brand. Its analytics, links, offers, and members are kept separate from every other workspace. | One or more channels + members  |
| **Channel**      | A connected YouTube account.                                                                            | Its videos and performance data |

You always work inside a workspace. The organization sits above it and handles billing; the channels sit inside it and supply the YouTube data.

## What's shared and what's separate

* **Separate per workspace:** analytics, tracking links, offers, custom domains, and the list of members. Data from one workspace never mixes into another.
* **Shared across the organization:** billing and organization membership. One subscription covers all of the organization's workspaces.
* **Organization owners and admins** can open any workspace in the organization. A workspace's own members only see the workspaces they've been added to.

## When to use more than one workspace

Most creators only ever need one. Consider a second workspace when you want to keep results fully separate:

* **Solo creator:** one workspace. If you run more than one YouTube channel for the same brand, connect them all as channels inside that single workspace.
* **Consultant or agency:** one workspace per client, so each client's analytics, links, and access stay isolated. Switch between them from the workspace switcher.
* **Multiple brands:** one workspace per brand.

<Note>
  Each active workspace is billed as a seat on your plan. Adding a workspace adds to your subscription; pausing one stops billing for it. See [Billing & plans](/account/billing-and-plans).
</Note>

## Create and switch workspaces

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the workspace switcher">
    Select your current workspace name in the top navigation to open the switcher. It lists every workspace you can access.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a workspace">
    Choose **Create workspace**, give it a name, and confirm. The new workspace is added to your organization and appears in the switcher.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Switch between workspaces">
    Select any workspace in the switcher to move into it. The dashboard, links, and analytics all update to that workspace.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Common questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Do I need to set up an organization?">
    No. Your organization is created for you when you sign up. With a single workspace you won't even see it as a separate area — settings simply show a **Billing** section. The dedicated **Organization** settings appear only once you have more than one workspace.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can one workspace have more than one YouTube channel?">
    Yes. A workspace can hold several channels, and their data is aggregated within that workspace. Connect them under **Settings → Channels**.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can someone be in more than one workspace?">
    Yes. A person can be a member of several workspaces, each with their own role. See [Roles & permissions](/concepts/roles-and-permissions).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Is my data separated between workspaces?">
    Yes. Analytics, links, offers, and members are scoped to a single workspace and never shared with another.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next step

<Card title="Roles and permissions" icon="user-lock" href="/concepts/roles-and-permissions">
  See what each organization and workspace role can do, and how to invite teammates.
</Card>