Collaborators provide a way to manage your Squarespace site as a team by allowing multiple people to access and work on your site with different permission levels.

Site Ownership and Basic Access

The person who creates a Squarespace site becomes the owner with full permissions. Site owners can:

• Transfer ownership to other collaborators
• Remain as collaborators after transferring ownership
• Manage other collaborators' permissions

Adding and Managing Collaborators

To add collaborators:

• Send invitations via email
• Recipients must have or create a Squarespace account (free)
• Works for sites, parked domains, and Acuity subscriptions

Owners and administrators can remove collaborators at any time, and collaborators can remove themselves when needed.

Permission Levels

Different permission levels allow you to:

• Customize access based on roles
• Assign multiple permissions to one collaborator
• Modify permissions as needed
• Control what collaborators can view and edit

Enterprise Features

Squarespace Enterprise customers get additional features:

• Single sign-on (SSO) integration
• Support for authentication apps (Okta, Azure, ClassLink)
• SAML options including Google

Special User Types

Basic Authors:

• Allow guest content publishing
• Use generic names
• Don't require full collaborator access

Google Workspace Integration:

• Separate management from domain collaborators
• Different process for adding users
• Independent billing structures

Each collaborator system serves different purposes, letting you choose the right access level for your team members while maintaining site security and efficient workflow management.

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