Clients & Login-as

Clients is the list of every business (workspace) on your platform. From here you can add a client, look at their plan, usage and payments, manage their team, give them a plan, suspend them, or sign in as them to help.

What a client is

A client is one workspace. It has its own channels, knowledge bases, inbox, contacts and team, completely separate from every other client. Each client has an Admin (the person in charge) and may have Agents (people who answer customers).

One Admin can have more than one workspace under a single subscription, up to the plan's Workspaces limit. See Subscription Plans.

The problem it solves

Without this page you would have to use the database to answer "who is on the Growth plan?", "why can this client not add an agent?" or "did that payment go through?". Clients puts it all in one place, with safe tools to fix things.

The client list

Add a client

Click Add client when someone signs up by phone, or when you set up a customer yourself.

  1. Type the Business name.
  2. Type the Admin name and Admin email.
  3. Optionally choose a Starting plan and Billing cycle. A plan chosen here is given without any checkout.
  4. Click Add client.

The new Admin gets an email to choose their own password. You never see or set it.

The client page

Click a client's name to open its page. It shows:

SectionWhat it shows
HeaderName, "Client since" date, and the buttons Log in as client and Assign plan.
SubscriptionThe current plan, or "No active subscription", plus past subscriptions.
Usage against the planHow much of each limit is used (agents, channels, knowledge bases and so on) and what the limit is.
Contact and billingContact details, billing country, tax ID and business name, used on invoices and for tax.
PeopleEveryone who works in this workspace, with their role.
Recent paymentsTheir latest payments, each with its invoice.

Edit, suspend and reactivate

Use Edit to change the name or contact details. Suspend signs everyone in that workspace out and stops them logging in, and its channels stop answering customers and sending anything scheduled. Messages that arrive are still saved. Nothing is deleted. Reactivate brings access back.

You have no Delete for a client. A client has history (conversations, payments, invoices) that you may need later. Suspend it instead.

Workspaces deleted by their Admin

A client's Admin can delete a workspace from their own settings, and deleting their own profile deletes the workspaces they alone run. A deleted workspace:

Manage a client's people

On the client page you can Add person, change someone's details or role (Admin or Agent), and remove them. Two things to know:

Assign a plan

Assign plan gives a client a plan with no checkout. It is meant for a gift, a trial for a partner, or a customer who paid you by bank transfer.

  1. Click Assign plan.
  2. Choose a plan and a billing cycle (or leave the cycle empty for a free plan).
  3. Optionally set Ends on. Without a date it keeps going until you cancel it.
  4. Confirm.

The dialog tells you that this ends the subscription they have now. Only one subscription gives access at a time. The client is told by email. The payment method is recorded as Manual. See Subscriptions & Payments.

Log in as a client

What it is. A safe way to see a client's workspace exactly as their Admin sees it, with their plan, their limits and their data.

The problem it solves. A client writes "the button is missing" or "I cannot find my messages". A screenshot rarely shows the real cause. Logging in as them does.

How to use it.

  1. Click Log in as client on the list or the client page.
  2. In the dialog you will see: "You will see the app exactly as their Admin does, for up to an hour. It is recorded in the audit log."
  3. Leave Allow changes off to look around safely. Turn it on only when you really must fix something.
  4. Click Log in as client.

While you are inside:

Only staff with the permission Log in as a client see the button.

Permissions for this page

PermissionLets the person
View clientsOpen the list and the client pages.
Add, edit, suspend clients and manage their usersAdd, edit, suspend, manage people, assign plans.
Log in as a clientUse Log in as client.

Common questions

A client cannot sign in. Check whether they are suspended, and whether their plan has ended. A client without an active plan is asked to choose one.

I assigned a plan but the old one is still showing. Open Subscriptions. The new subscription should be active and the old one ended.

A client says they are over their limit. Open the client page and look at Usage against the plan. Change the plan, or upgrade them.