Pigment License Types [Legacy v2]

🛡️ Warning

The licensing plans and details outlined in this article refer to legacy pricing structures and are no longer available for new customers. This information is provided for historical reference only.

Pigment's legacy V2 pricing was structured around the following components:

• Platform fee

• Number of licenses

• Associated features

• Number of blocks

For more information on what is available in the current Pigment license plan, see Current Pigment License Types.

Pricing and Licenses Overview

Pigment’s pricing is based on your purchased plan, which includes different components structured to your needs, along with a number of licenses. The details of your plan (your plan name, the start and end dates of your plan, and license utilization) are listed on the Plan & Usage page located within Pigment.

Access the Plan & Usage page

If you’re a Workspace Admin, Security Admin, or a Primary Owner, do the following to view plan details:

1. In your Pigment Workspace, open Settings.

2. Click Plan & Usage.

This page lists your plan name, your plan start and end dates, and license usage. You can also compare your current plan to other Pigment plans.

What are the different license types?

Pigment uses a permission-based licensing system. This ensures that a Member's Pigment license type is directly tied to the specific actions and permissions they are granted.

There are two different licenses, Editor and Explorer.

• Explorer.  This is the default license type for new Members. Members with an Explorer license have the fewest permissions and access to basic features.

• Editor. This license type is assigned to Members with the highest level of permissions, allowing full access to all features.

The Plan & Usage page tracks and displays how many licenses you have used compared to the total number of licenses you purchased under your pricing plan.

ℹ️ Note

All Partner Licenses purchased are included in the license count in the Usage section of the Plan & Usage page.

What features turn an Explorer into an Editor?

When a Member is added to Pigment, they start with an Explorer license. Members are automatically upgraded to the more advanced licenses when assigned specific, additional permissions.

A Member is assigned a license type based on the permissions granted to them across two levels:

• Workspace-level permissions. When a Member is assigned a specific account type.

• Application-level permissions. When a Member is assigned specific permissions in their Role and managing the Member’s ability to input data.

Access Rights is another consideration in license progression:

• If a Member's Role has default access rights set to:

  • Write or Unspecified. This changes to an Editor license.

  • Read. This remains an Explorer license.

• Because these permissions are managed through Access Rights, we recommend that you configure these appropriately for each Role as part of your security plan.

Workspace-level permissions

When adding a Member to Pigment, they’re assigned one of five Account Types, these define the actions a Member can perform at the Workspace level:

• Primary Owner

• Security Admin

• Workspace Admin

• Builder

• Standard Member

If a Member has an account type other than a Standard Member, they are considered an Editor because they have permission to create new Applications. To be an Explorer, a Member must have the Standard Member Account Type. However, even with a Standard Member account, a Member can still be an Editor based on the specific Application-level permissions they are granted.

Application-level permissions

Each Application has its own set of permissions associated with it. While a Member might have an Account Type of Standard Member, they can still be an admin or have advanced permissions within an individual Application.

For example:

• A Builder, Workspace Admin, Security Admin or Primary Owner ​​​​​​Account Type is counted as an Editor license type.

• A Member with Standard Member Account Type can be an Explorer or an Editor, depending on their Application-level permissions.

• A Standard Member who has Display Application and Formula Playground permissions, and no other permissions, is considered an Explorer.

• If a Member is assigned additional permissions other than the Display Application and Formula Playground permissions in any Application, then they’re upgraded to a Editor license type.

• We recommend you set up the Access Rights for Explorers to prevent Write access for them.  

• If a member has default Write Access Rights on their Roles set as Unspecified or Write, they will be considered as an Editor.

Role’s Permissions to License type table

Default access rights influence the calculation of license types. Each license type includes all options for reading application data.

The table below highlights the Role’s Permissions that are included for each License type.

Related Information

For more information on your individual pricing plan and how to manage your license usage, please reach out to your Customer Success Manager.