What's the difference between team members and Hub guests?

Visualist has two ways to bring people in. Your team works with you across your business. Your clients and collaborators each see their own project.

	Team member	Hub guest
Who it’s for	Your assistant, designers, or anyone who works for your business	A client, contractor, supplier, or anyone working on one project
Where you invite them	Account settings, then Team, then Invite member	In the Hub, Invite at the bottom of the Hub’s rail
What they can open	Your workspace, and only the Hubs you assign them	Only the Hubs they’re invited to
Access in a Hub	Can edit, Can comment, or Can view	Editor, Commenter, or Viewer
AI credits	Use your workspace’s AI credits, up to any limit you set	Use their own
Cost	A paid seat on the Core plan, included on the Growth plan	Free and unlimited
Your email	Can’t see your mailbox	Can’t see your mailbox
Your plan and billing	Can’t change them	Can’t see them

When to use which

Invite someone as a team member when they work for your business and need to work in several Hubs, use Vai with your AI credits, or help you run Visualist. See How do I invite a team member to my workspace?.

Invite someone as a Hub guest when they’re on one project, such as a client reviewing work or a supplier sharing files. See How do I invite clients and collaborators to a Hub?.

To show someone a single item or a whole Hub without an invitation, send a share link. See How do I control who can see a Hub?.

For everything that changes when someone works in your workspace, see How do team workspaces work?.