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Assigning user roles

A breakdown of the roles in Stark and what they're able to do


An overview of roles

To make collaboration and security easy, Stark offers granular roles. These roles allow you to limit access to specific permissions or areas of the app. Admins, Owners, and Members count against your Editor quota (denoted with apaid seat icon), while Viewers count against your viewer quota. Both quotas can be seen on either the Manage Team page or the Team Billing page. The breakdown of roles is as follows: 

Adminpaid seat
Full access to all features, settings, and reports. Basically everything all of the roles below can do rolled into one. Counts against your Paid Seat quota.

Ownerpaid seat
Full access to projects and Compliance Center in addition to all features unlocked in tooling. Counts against your Paid Seat quota.

Memberpaid seat
Can create projects and assets, but unlike Owners, they cannot delete them. Full access to all features in tooling. Access to Compliance Center is view-only. Counts against your Paid Seat quota.

Viewer
View-only access to projects and Compliance Center. Counts against your Viewer quota.

IT Admin
Set up SSO, wire up integrations, manage the team, and access audit logs for security reporting purposes. Does not count against your Paid Seat or Viewer quotas.

Billing Admin
In addition to being able to access invoices and provide payment, they can also add or remove seats for the team. Does not count against your Paid Seat or Viewer quotas.


The following is a detailed breakdown of the permissions for each role:

User Role

Admin

Owner

Member

Viewer

Seat Type

Editor Editor Editor Viewer

Accessibility Platform

View Projects

Has permission
Has permission
Has permission
Has permission

Create & Edit Projects

Has permission
Has permission
Has permission
Lacks permission

Delete Projects

Has permission
Has permission
Lacks permission
Lacks permission

View Project Assets

Has permission
Has permission
Has permission
Has permission

Create & Edit Project Assets

Has permission
Has permission
Has permission
Lacks permission

Delete Project Assets

Has permission
Has permission
Lacks permission
Lacks permission

Create Tickets

Has permission
Has permission
Has permission
Lacks permission

View Compliance Center

Has permission
Has permission
Has permission
Has permission

Create & Edit Compliance Center Evidence

Has permission
Has permission
Lacks permission
Lacks permission

Design Tooling

Manual testing & annotations tools

Has permission
Has permission
Has permission
Has permission

Automated detection & remediation features

Has permission
Has permission
Has permission
Lacks permission

Development & QA Tooling

Manual in-browser testing

Has permission
Has permission
Has permission
Has permission

Automated in-browser testing

Has permission
Has permission
Has permission
Lacks permission

Administration & Security

Manage subscription & billing

Has permission
Lacks permission
Lacks permission
Lacks permission

Manage team members

Has permission
Lacks permission
Lacks permission
Lacks permission

Create & edit integrations (ticketing, CI/CD, etc.)

Has permission
Lacks permission
Lacks permission
Lacks permission

Connect & configure SSO

Has permission
Lacks permission
Lacks permission
Lacks permission

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