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My Account

In the top-right of the PubNub Admin Portal, there are two menus for managing your account.

  • Account menu — click your email address to open:

    Admin Portal account dropdown menu

    NameDescription
    Switch organization
    Switch between your personal account and any organizations you belong to.
    Organization settings
    Manage organization-level settings, including:

    • Settings: Legal company name, organization name, MCP connection access, and data storage region.
    • Members: Manage members and assign roles.
    • API Management: Manage Service Integrations and API Keys to programmatically access the PubNub Admin API.
    • Plans and billing: Add payment information and check your current pricing and support plans.
    • Invoices and costs: View previous invoices and the current month’s costs.
    • Billing alerts: Customize billing triggers based on cost or usage (paid plans only).
    • Compliance: Downloadable compliance reports.
    • SSO: Single Sign-On settings for your organization.
    Plans and billing
    Add payment information and check your current pricing and support plans. Use the Pricing plans tab to change plans and compare options.
    Billing alerts (Paid members only)
    Customize billing triggers for your PubNub account based on cost or usage.
    Support
    Open the support contact form.
  • Profile menu — click the avatar icon to open:

    Admin Portal profile dropdown menu

    NameDescription
    Profile settings
    Shows your account details in the Admin Portal.
    Log out
    Sign out of the Admin Portal.

Members and roles

Use Member management to invite members to administer your application. Assign a role to grant access.

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Member selection

Role permissions

Member roles control access and permissions in your account. Each role enables specific tasks and features.

Role namePermissionsDescription
Account Admin
  • Full control over the account
  • Create, update, delete secrets
Highest level of access within the account.
App Viewer
  • All permissions of "Functions Viewer"
  • Access app
  • View keys (secret key excluded)
  • Observe app usage
  • View Functions Deployments on app level
Basic access for reviewing app-related information.
App Admin
  • All permissions of "App Viewer"
  • All permissions of "Functions Developer"
  • Modify app and its keys
  • Create, view, and edit Functions Deployments on app level
Enables changes to app settings and keys.
Key Viewer
  • All permissions of "Functions Viewer"
  • Access key information (secret key excluded)
  • Observe key usage
  • View Functions Deployments on keyset level
Provides key access (no secret key).
Key Admin
  • All permissions of "Key Viewer"
  • All permissions of "Functions Developer"
  • Modify key
  • Create, update, delete secrets
  • Create, view, and edit Functions Deployments on keyset level
Allows changes to key settings.
Functions Developer
  • Create, edit, delete packages and functions.
  • Manage functions for the entire account (apps and their keys).
Manage all account functions and packages.

This role can only be assigned to members who do not have the Account Admin role.
Functions Viewer
  • View functions for the entire account (apps and their keys).
  • Provides access to view code for account-level functions.
This role can only be assigned to members who do not have the Account Admin role.
Business Insights
  • View Insights dashboards
  • Edit dashboard settings
  • No access to app and keyset settings
Provides read-only access to Insights information. Restricted from certain areas like Functions, and Events & Actions.
BizOps Objects Operator
  • Manage members, member memberships, channels, channel memberships and presence rules for a keyset.
Restricted from other Admin Portal sections.
Illuminate Admin
  • View, create, and edit Business Objects, Dashboards and Decisions in Illuminate.
Restricted from other Admin Portal sections.
Account Owner
  • Full control over the account
  • Create, update, delete secrets
Highest level of access within the account.

Mutually exclusive roles

Some roles cannot be assigned together because they have overlapping or conflicting permissions.

If the member has this roleThey cannot also have
Account Admin
App Admin, App Viewer, Keyset Admin, Keyset Viewer, Business Insights, BizOps Objects Operator, Functions Viewer, Functions Developer, Illuminate Admin
App Admin
Account Admin, App Viewer (same app), Keyset Admin (same app), Keyset Viewer (same app)
App Viewer
Account Admin, App Admin (same app), Keyset Viewer (same app)
Keyset Admin
Account Admin, App Admin (same app), Keyset Viewer (same keyset)
Keyset Viewer
Account Admin, App Admin (same app), App Viewer (same app), Keyset Admin (same keyset)
Business Insights
Account Admin
BizOps Objects Operator
Account Admin
Functions Developer
Account Admin, Functions Viewer
Functions Viewer
Account Admin, Functions Developer
Illuminate Admin
Account Admin
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