---
title: "User roles"
description: "Wave has two roles: Admin and Member. Admin manages team and billing; Member does everything else. No granular permissions today."
group: "account"
lane: "reference"
status: "published"
publishedAt: 2026-05-15
sidebarOrder: 40
tags: ["team", "permissions", "reference"]
relatedSlugs:
  - "account/invite-a-teammate"
  - "account/company-info"
  - "account/settings-overview"
---

Wave's role model is intentionally simple. Two roles, one promotion path. Most teams won't need more granular permissions, and if you do, [tell us](/docs/account/contact-support) — that's how we know to build it.

## Admin

Admins can:

- Edit **Company Info** (logo, address, license numbers)
- Manage the **Teams** tab — invite, remove, change roles
- Manage **Billings** — change plan, update payment method, see invoice history
- Plus everything a Member can do

The person who created your team's Wave account is the first Admin. Admins can promote other teammates from the Teams tab.

## Member

Members can:

- Create, edit, duplicate, and export estimates
- Upload photos, edit chat, manage their own work
- View estimates created by other team members
- Edit their own **Personal Info**

Members **cannot**:

- Edit Company Info
- Manage the team roster
- See or change billing

## Changing someone's role

From **Profile Settings → Teams**, an Admin can promote a Member to Admin or demote an Admin to Member at any time.

## What we don't have (yet)

- **No separate "Owner" role.** Every Admin has the same authority.
- **No read-only role.** Members can edit any estimate they have access to, not just their own.
- **No granular permissions** (e.g., "can edit estimates but not delete," "can see billing but not change plan"). The split is binary.

If your team needs finer permissions to operate — for example, separating estimators from billing controllers — email [hello@buildwithwave.com](mailto:hello@buildwithwave.com). Roadmap signal helps.

## Related

- [Invite a teammate](/docs/account/invite-a-teammate) — pick the role at invite time
- [Company Info](/docs/account/company-info) — what only Admins can edit
- [Settings overview](/docs/account/settings-overview) — which tabs each role sees