Key takeaways
- SkedCast: workspace = your agency account; client = a group of one client's accounts, rules and approval chain inside it.
- Owners and Managers see every client; Members and Viewers can be limited to specific clients.
- Workspaces are isolated from each other in the database; access to clients within a workspace is enforced by role and client-scope checks in the API.
- One login can belong to several workspaces, each with its own role and client scope.
- Vendors define "workspace", "brand" and "social set" differently, so compare the unit each plan is priced by.
Social media workspaces for agencies: what is a workspace, and what is a client?
A workspace is the top-level container: your agency's account, with its team, billing, plan and settings. Inside it you create clients. A client is a group of one brand's connected social accounts plus the settings that belong to that brand: a timezone, posting rules, an optional brand voice for AI captions, whether posts need approval, and the approval chain those posts go through.
This is the structure agencies actually work in: one login, one calendar and one bulk-import flow across many clients, without ever mixing one client's accounts into another's post.
How many clients and accounts fit in a workspace?
Limits are set by plan and enforced as hard ceilings: when you reach one you are prompted to upgrade rather than billed for the overage. Read straight from the plan catalog:
- Solo: 3 clients, 10 connected accounts, 1 seat.
- Studio: 15 clients, 50 connected accounts, 5 seats.
- Agency: 50 clients, 200 connected accounts, 15 seats.
- Agency+: 150 clients, 500 connected accounts, 40 seats.
- A Free workspace has one client and a small account limit; see the pricing page for the current numbers and prices.
How do you keep clients apart?
Two layers. Between workspaces, the database itself separates one agency's data from another's using row-level security, so one agency can never read another's posts or accounts. Within a workspace, the API checks both the person's role and their client scope on every request.
Client scope is a list of the clients a Member or Viewer may work on. Leave it empty and they have workspace-wide access; give them two clients and they can only see and act on those two. Owners and Managers are not narrowed by scope: they manage every client. The full role list is in client access levels.
Can one person belong to more than one workspace?
Yes. A user has one login but can be a member of several workspaces, for example a freelancer working for two agencies or an agency owner who also has a personal account. The console shows a workspace switcher, and every request names which workspace it is acting in. Role and client scope are stored per workspace, so being an Owner in one does not make you an Owner in another.
What do other tools mean by "workspace"?
The word is not standardised. Read from each vendor's own pages on 2026-09-23; the unit is what matters when you compare prices:
- Planable: plans are priced per workspace, and each workspace has a set number of social pages and unlimited users on the paid plans. Planable pricing.
- SocialBee: each plan lists a number of workspaces (from one on the entry plans to more on Pro and the agency plans) and users per workspace. SocialBee pricing.
- Sendible: a workspace is a dedicated space with its own profiles, messages, reports and queues, and each comes with six social profiles; all plans include unlimited users. Sendible pricing.
- Later: it sells "social sets", each one profile from every supported network, rather than workspaces. Later pricing.
- Metricool: a "brand" is the container for one business or client, with one profile per network inside it. Metricool plans.
- Publer: workspaces are listed per plan (one on Free, unlimited on the paid plans). Publer plans.
- Buffer: plans are priced per connected channel rather than by workspace. Buffer pricing.
How should you organise clients?
One client per brand, with every account that brand owns inside it. Give each client its own timezone so scheduled times mean what the client expects, set whether its posts need approval, and give each team member only the clients they work on. For clients who are also agencies, or brands with several regional teams, decide up front whether they are one client with many accounts or several clients; you cannot easily merge them later.
For the pieces that make this efficient at scale, see multi-client management and the bulk scheduling guide.
Sources and last reviewed
Last reviewed 2026-09-23. Statements about SkedCast were checked against the product's code and docs; statements about other vendors were read from the pages listed on that date. Vendors change plans without notice, so confirm on their page before you buy.
FAQ
- What is the difference between a workspace and a client in SkedCast?
- A workspace is your agency account, with its team, plan and billing. A client is a group of one brand's connected accounts inside it, with its own timezone, rules, brand voice and approval chain.
- Can I restrict a team member to certain clients?
- Yes. Members and Viewers can be given a client scope, a list of the clients they can see and act on. Owners and Managers are not narrowed by scope.
- Can one login work across several agencies?
- Yes. One user can belong to several workspaces and switch between them. Role and client scope are stored per workspace.
- Are one client's posts visible to another client?
- Not in a well-configured workspace. Each post belongs to one client, team members only see the clients in their scope, and separate workspaces are isolated from each other in the database.
- How many clients can I add?
- It depends on the plan: 3 on Solo, 15 on Studio, 50 on Agency and 150 on Agency+. Reaching a limit prompts an upgrade rather than billing an overage.