How 5 user limit works?

Zeeshan Haider

Hi,

I'm new to Bitbucket and evaluating it for my project. Currently I have a very small team of 2-3 people and I'm fine with free plan of 5 users. However I have some questions. How does the 5 user limit works, is it per repository?

Let's say I have created two private repositories and gave users 1 and 2 access to repo 1 and users 3 and 4 to repo 2 respectively. Does it count as 3 users or have I reached the limit of 5 users? And in another scenario someone else created a repository and gave me access to it, will it also count in MY user limit overall or for the person that created the repository?

Another question, what if I revoke permissions for certain user, will it free up a user slot for the repository?

Thanks.

Ana Retamal

(Note: edited message for clarification)

 

Hi Zeeshan! Bitbucket will count counts the number of users in total that have access to anything in your account. From your example:

Let's say I have created two private repositories and gave users 1 and 2 access to repo 1 and users 3 and 4 to repo 2 respectively.

In that case you're adding 'User1', 'User2', 'User3' and 'User4', so your account will have a total of 5 users (keep in mind you're counted as 1 user). Now let say that you create another repo 'Repo3' and grant access to it to 'User1', 'User3'; it still counts as 5 users in your account. Now you add a new user 'User5' and grant him access to 'Repo3'; you have 6 users now, you'll be exceeding the free plan.

what if I revoke permissions for certain user, will it free up a user slot for the repository?

Yes, if you revoke access from 1 user it will free up 1 slot. Note that you need to revoke access to your account completely. If that person had access to 2 repos in your account and you only revoke his access from 1 of them, he still has access to some content in your account so it counts as 1 user.

I hope this clarifies your questions, Zeeshan  Let us know if anything is not clear.

Best regards,

Ana