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About member roles on Vimeo

This feature requires a paid plan.

When you invite members to join you on Vimeo, you can assign roles to determine what each member can see and do. This article explains each role so you can choose the right ones for your members.

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Roles on Vimeo

Roles define what members can (and can’t) do. Vimeo offers the following roles:

Viewer Viewers can access content that has been shared with them and can be granted Can view or Can comment permission only. They cannot edit or make changes to videos they have access to.
Contributor Contributors can access content that has been shared with them and can be granted Can view, Can comment, or Can edit permission. They can also upload, create, edit, and share their own videos and showcases.
Admin

Admins can access all content on the account, including videos created by other members, and have Can manage access by default. They can also use all features and tools, manage settings, brand kits, and add and remove members.

They cannot handle billing or change the plan.
Owner There is only one owner. This person has full control, including accessing all content with Can manage access, and managing billing, plans, brand kits, and all account settings, including connected social accounts and API integrations.

Additional roles on Enterprise plans

Contributor Plus Contributor Plus members can do everything contributors can do, plus create and manage events, brand kits, and interactive videos.

Additional notes for Enterprise accounts:

  • For Enterprise plans that include multiple workspaces, there is also an organization owner and organization admins. Read more at About user roles and permissions for Organizations and Workspaces
  • If you have a large number of users that you’d like to grant the Viewer role, you can provide us with a CSV of their email addresses so we can add them for you. To do this, contact your account manager.
    • You can also grant viewer access by specifying a domain for SSO. Viewers that you grant access to via SSO will not receive an invite email.

Additional roles on legacy plans

On Pro, Business, and Premium plans, there is one additional role:

Uploader Uploaders can only upload videos. They can do this from their upload page. Any videos an uploader adds are private, but admins or the owner can change the privacy after upload.

Folder and video access

What a member can actually do with shared content depends on which permissions they are granted. 

When videos or folders are shared, members can be granted Can view, Can comment, Can edit, or Can manage access.

Admins and the owner can always have Can manage access to all content on the account, including content created by other members. All other roles need to be explicitly granted access to a folder or video.

Permissions on Vimeo

Permission Availability by role What members can do
Can view Viewer
Contributor
Contributor Plus
  • View and comment on the video page
Can comment Viewer
Contributor
Contributor Plus
  • View and comment on the video page
  • Leave feedback in collaborator comments
Can edit Contributor
Contributor Plus
  • View and comment on the video page
  • Leave feedback in collaborator comments
  • Edit and change settings
  • Share with other people
Can manage

Admin

For folders only:
Contributor
Contributor Plus
  • View and comment on the video page
  • Leave feedback in collaborator comments
  • Edit and change settings
  • Share with other people
  • Delete and move videos

 

Overview of folder sharing

When a folder is shared, the member it’s been shared with can access all the videos in the folder (and in any subfolders) with the permission they were granted at the folder level. 

If you share a folder with someone and give them Can edit access, they can edit any videos inside the folder.

Contributors (and Enterprise members with the Contributor Plus role) can be granted the Can manage permission on folders. This allows them to create videos within a folder, delete videos, and create new subfolders.

Visit Folder role permissions for Enterprise accounts for a more detailed breakdown. 

Full role comparison

Below is a detailed comparison of what each member role can do. Note that the Contributor Plus role is only available on Enterprise plans.

Creation tools

  Viewer Contributor Contributor Plus (Enterprise) Admin Owner
Upload videos ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Edit videos ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Record videos ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Create showcases ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Create interactive videos ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
Delete content you created ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Delete content others created ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅

Live events

  Viewer Contributor Contributor Plus (Enterprise) Admin Owner
Create new events ❌ ❌ ✅* ✅ ✅
Schedule, manage, and start existing events ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
Access registration and advanced integrations ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
Access simulcast settings ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
Authenticate API-integrated encoders ** ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
  • * When a Contributor Plus member creates a new live event, it will be in their My library folder rather than the Live events section. They can move it to another folder as needed.
  • ** This refers to encoders that allow you to connect to Vimeo by logging in to your account directly from the software or application (for example, Mevo, Vimeo mobile app, or other third-party direct integrations). 

Branding

  Viewer Contributor Contributor Plus (Enterprise) Admin Owner
Manage brand kits  ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Apply brand kit design elements ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Upload and remove custom fonts ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅
Apply custom fonts ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

Sharing

  Viewer Contributor Contributor Plus (Enterprise) Admin Owner
Publish videos to social accounts ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Add and remove videos from showcases ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Add and remove videos from channels and portfolios ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Share content with other members ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

Analytics

⚠️Note: Members with Contributor and Contributor Plus roles can only view analytics for their own content or content in folders they have Can manage access to. Admins and the owner can see all analytics.

  Viewer Contributor Contributor Plus (Enterprise) Admin Owner
Basic reports (Video, Region, Source, Device, and Date) ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Interactive and social analytics ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Event analytics and registrant data ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Post-event advanced analytics ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Analytics API for user-level analytics ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Bandwidth analytics ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅

Management

  Viewer Contributor Contributor Plus (Enterprise) Admin Owner
Invite and remove members ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Add members to folders ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Create folders in Team library ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Create subfolders in Team library ❌ ✅* ✅* ✅ ✅
Set data retention policies on folders ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Set featured video on logged-in home page ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Set team name and logo ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Set upload defaults ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
Create embed presets ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
Access billing page ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
Change plan and payment method ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
Manage settings ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Manage profile ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅

* Members with Contributor or Contributor Plus roles can add subfolders when granted the Can manage permission to a folder in the Team library.

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