Seat types
Every organization member is assigned a seat type that determines which product capabilities they can access. Seat types are independent of roles and plan tiers. A member's role controls administrative permissions, while their seat type controls product capabilities. A feature may require both a specific plan and a specific seat type.
Available seat types
Developer
Developer seats have full access to all product capabilities. New members are assigned the developer seat type by default.
Basic
Basic seats are limited to viewing and interacting with shared data through Foxglove-managed connections, including remote access. They cannot author layouts, open local files, connect directly to live data sources, or install local extensions.
Capability comparison
| Capability | Developer | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Visualize existing organization layouts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Author and edit layouts | ✓ | - |
| Visualize Foxglove Data Platform data | ✓ | ✓ |
| Visualize local files | ✓ | - |
| Visualize WebSocket, Rosbridge, or ROS 1 native connections | ✓ | - |
| Visualize via remote access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Visualize remote data loaders | ✓ | - |
| Download data / export video | ✓1 | ✓1 |
| Install local extensions | ✓ | - |
| Use organization extensions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access embedded Foxglove iframe | ✓ | ✓2 |
| Python notebook SDK | ✓ | - |
Manage seats
Admins can change a member's seat type from the Members settings page using the seat type dropdown in the members table.