## **🔍 Overview**

If you are running an agency with multiple client sites but only a limited number of user seats, you do not need to give every client a user seat to let them view their own project data. Search Atlas separates **user seats** (for your internal team members) from **client project access** (for external clients who only need to see their own reports). This means you can serve an unlimited number of clients without upgrading your seat count.

## **👥 Understanding the Two Access Models**

Before taking any action, it helps to understand the difference between the two access types available in Search Atlas.

- **User seats** are for people inside your agency — team members who need to log in, edit campaigns, manage settings, and work across multiple client projects. Every internal user consumes one seat from your plan.
- **Client project access** is for external clients who only need to view the data for their own project. Clients can be given visibility into their own project data without being added as a user, meaning they do not consume any of your plan's seat allocation.

## **📊 How to Share Project Data With Clients**

Search Atlas supports a way to give clients visibility into their project performance without assigning them a user seat. To find out exactly how client-facing access is configured for your account and plan, please reach out to our team — they can confirm the current sharing options available to you and walk you through the correct steps for your setup.

When you contact support, have the following information ready:

- The name of the client project(s) you want to share
- Whether you need the client to have view-only access or any level of editing access
- Your current plan and how many user seats you have remaining

## **⚙️ When Should You Use User Seats Instead?**

Reserve your user seats for people who need hands-on access to the platform itself. Typical examples include:

- SEO managers or account managers on your internal team
- Contractors or freelancers who actively build and manage campaigns
- A client who specifically needs to log in and edit their own campaign settings — this is the exception, not the standard client access model

If a client only needs to review rankings, traffic, or other reporting metrics, client project access is the appropriate solution and keeps your seat allocation free for your team.

## **❌ What Not to Do**

Do not add clients as regular users on your plan simply to give them read-only visibility into their own project. Doing so consumes a user seat unnecessarily and can push your account toward its seat limit, potentially requiring a plan upgrade before it is needed.

If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type **human teammate** to be connected with a member of our team.