Workspaces
What a workspace is
The container everything else sits in: boards, the library, the storage allowance, the credit balance and the people.
A workspace is the container. Boards sit inside it, and so does everything a board depends on. | A workspace holds | Which means | |---|---| | Boards | Every canvas you have made in it | | The asset library | One library, shared by every board in the workspace | | Storage | One allowance, consumed by everything in the library | | Credits | One balance, spent by everyone who generates here | | People | Who can open the boards without being invited to each one | A board is a document; a workspace is the account behind it. ## Why it matters in practice Most "why is this number wrong" questions turn out to be workspace questions. - A balance that looks too low is usually the right balance in a different workspace - An asset that will not appear in search is usually in another workspace's library - A storage warning belongs to the workspace, not to you, so a teammate's video month can fill it Whenever something looks inconsistent, check which workspace the board belongs to before checking anything else. ## Boards and workspaces are separate for access Workspace membership gets you every board in it. A board invitation gets you one board. Those are independent, which is what lets you bring a freelancer onto a single board without opening the library, the balance, and every other project to them. :::note[The library is per workspace, not per board] Generate something on one board and it is in the library for the whole workspace, so you can pull it onto a different board without exporting anything. This is why a workspace is the right unit for "a client" or "a team" rather than "a project". ::: ## Personal workspaces If you are not in a team, your work lives in a personal workspace and that is the only one you have. Joining a team changes that. When the team is the only one you belong to, it becomes your workspace outright, rather than sitting beside a second, near-empty personal space. You keep a personal workspace alongside a team in two cases: you belong to more than one team, or you pay for a plan of your own. Team workspaces themselves are covered in [personal and team](/docs/using-plnty/workspaces/personal-and-team/). ## What a workspace does not hold **Your account.** Login, profile and plan belong to you and follow you across every workspace you are in. **Anything from another workspace.** Separate library, separate balance, separate storage, separate members. Crossing that line deliberately is covered in [moving work between workspaces](/docs/using-plnty/workspaces/moving-work-between-workspaces/).A workspace is the container. Boards sit inside it, and so does everything a board depends on.
| A workspace holds | Which means |
|---|---|
| Boards | Every canvas you have made in it |
| The asset library | One library, shared by every board in the workspace |
| Storage | One allowance, consumed by everything in the library |
| Credits | One balance, spent by everyone who generates here |
| People | Who can open the boards without being invited to each one |
A board is a document; a workspace is the account behind it.
Why it matters in practice
Section titled “Why it matters in practice”Most “why is this number wrong” questions turn out to be workspace questions.
- A balance that looks too low is usually the right balance in a different workspace
- An asset that will not appear in search is usually in another workspace’s library
- A storage warning belongs to the workspace, not to you, so a teammate’s video month can fill it
Whenever something looks inconsistent, check which workspace the board belongs to before checking anything else.
Boards and workspaces are separate for access
Section titled “Boards and workspaces are separate for access”Workspace membership gets you every board in it. A board invitation gets you one board.
Those are independent, which is what lets you bring a freelancer onto a single board without opening the library, the balance, and every other project to them.
Personal workspaces
Section titled “Personal workspaces”If you are not in a team, your work lives in a personal workspace and that is the only one you have.
Joining a team changes that. When the team is the only one you belong to, it becomes your workspace outright, rather than sitting beside a second, near-empty personal space. You keep a personal workspace alongside a team in two cases: you belong to more than one team, or you pay for a plan of your own.
Team workspaces themselves are covered in personal and team.
What a workspace does not hold
Section titled “What a workspace does not hold”Your account. Login, profile and plan belong to you and follow you across every workspace you are in.
Anything from another workspace. Separate library, separate balance, separate storage, separate members. Crossing that line deliberately is covered in moving work between workspaces.