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Who Can Become an Editor and How Does it Affect Billing

Understanding when Members count as Editors for billing.

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Written by Edward Boatman
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Lingo's pricing distinguishes between Consumers (view-only) and Editors (can edit). Understanding this helps manage your subscription costs.

What makes someone an Editor

A team member is counted as an Editor if they have edit capabilities:

Always Editors:

  • Owners

  • Admins

  • Content Managers

Editors when granted edit access:

  • Members with edit access to at least one Kit

Never Editors:

  • Members without any Kit edit access

  • Public guests (no account)

The billing impact

  • Each assigned Editor incurs an editor cost per billing cycle

  • Removing edit access can reduce your Editor count

  • Consumers only incur a cost if they access your space

Checking your Editor count

  1. Go to the Billing page

  2. Under your plan details find "Editors"

Note: Some enterprise plans may have different terms. Check your specific plan details.

Managing Editor count

To reduce Editors:

  • Remove Kit edit access from Members who don't need it

  • Downgrade Admins/Content Managers to Members if appropriate

Best practices

  • Grant edit access only when necessary

  • Regularly audit who has edit access

  • Use Member role for view-only users

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