Roles & Permissions Matrix
Projectfusion provides 6 distinct user roles to manage document access and permissions across your sites.
Each role is designed with specific capabilities to match different user needs—from view-only access to full administrative control.
📘 Key Notes on Permissions
- All user roles only have access to sites they are assigned to.
- For example, if a user is Manager on Site A, they cannot see Site B unless explicitly granted access.
- Permissions are site-specific. Each role operates independently within each site.
🌐 Special Role: ADMINISTRATOR
- The Administrator is a global role across the entire Projectfusion environment.
- Admins can: Access all sites and documents.
- View and manage users.
- Access deleted items via the trashcan.
- Modify any settings system-wide.
⚠️ Security Tip:
- We strongly recommend enabling Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for all Managers and Administrators.
- You can remove Projectfusion support access by editing the built-in
administratoruser and changing its password. - Warning: Doing so will restrict our ability to offer support.
- If you forget your own admin credentials after doing this, regaining access may be difficult.
*** For Consumer , Consumer ViewOnly & PDFPrint roles, Activity is only anonymised if the site is non-social.
Make sure the site is Private and Social is turned off ( This can be done from the ' Edit site details ' page )
Role | Access Level | Anonymity |
|---|---|---|
Consumer ViewOnly | View documents online only. No downloads. | Activity anonymised by default |
Consumer PDFPrint | Download watermarked, timestamped PDF versions. | Activity anonymised by default |
Consumer | Download native format files and PDFs. | Activity anonymised by default |
Contributor | Upload documents, edit/delete files uploaded by themselves, and download files. | Named activity |
Collaborator | Edit documents across the site and download files. Only if the user owns the files/folders can they delete them. | Named activity |
Manager | Full access to files and folders. Manage user access, custom reports, and site settings. | Named activity |
Online Editor | Edit documents in the Secure Online Editor without downloading. Can create files/folders, view all members, and see full site activity. | Named activity |
Updated on: 23/03/2026
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