Roles & Permissions

AlertifyPro uses role-based access control (RBAC). Assign the minimum role needed for each team member.

Role overview

Role	Typical user
Viewer	Stakeholders who want to see system status
Responder	On-call engineers who respond to alerts
Editor	Engineers who configure and manage monitors
Admin	Team leads who manage all platform settings
Owner	The account owner — full access including billing

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Detailed permissions

Permission	Viewer	Responder	Editor	Admin	Owner
View monitors	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Create monitors	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Edit monitors	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Delete monitors	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
View alerts	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Acknowledge alerts	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Create status pages	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Post incident updates	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Manage team members	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
Manage integrations	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Configure on-call	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
View audit logs	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
Configure SSO	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
Manage API keys	❌	❌	✅ (own)	✅	✅
Billing & subscription	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅

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Changing a member's role

1. Go to Settings → Team
2. Find the member
3. Click the role dropdown next to their name
4. Select the new role

Changes take effect immediately.

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Custom roles (Enterprise)

Enterprise plans can define custom roles with fine-grained permission sets:

custom_roles:
  - name: "Security Auditor"
    permissions:
      - audit_logs:read
      - monitors:read
      - incidents:read
      - settings:read
    deny:
      - monitors:write
      - team:write

Contact [email protected] to enable custom roles.