Zfuro is a full planning and full production system in one platform, so who can do what has to be precise. Rather than a single flat "member" role, Zfuro separates two dimensions of access, which together give you fine-grained control over every person in the pipeline.
Two dimensions of access
Account roles are hierarchical and control what someone can do in the account. From broadest to narrowest they are Admin, Company Manager, Project Manager, and Worker (with a super-admin role above them for platform operations).
Production roles are separate: a worker's production role is which pipeline stages they are assigned to, such as translator, proofreader, editor/letterer, quality check, or delivery. A person can hold more than one. This split is what lets the same account distinguish "can plan and assign work" from "does the translation on these pages."
What each role can do
The granularity is easiest to see in plain examples:
- Workers act on the pages and stages assigned to them, and nothing else.
- Project managers create and plan projects, assign and revert tasks, and manage a project's glossary.
- Company managers manage series, freelancers, financial reports, and company settings.
- Admins handle billing and account-level actions.
On top of this, managers can delegate specific capabilities to an individual project manager, for example the ability to upload files or to use AI features. So access is not just a fixed ladder: it can be tuned per person. This depth is a direct proof point of how much of the production process actually lives inside Zfuro.
Freelancers are first-class
Freelancers are not a bolt-on. They are unlimited on every plan at no per-user cost, so bringing on extra hands for a busy month never changes what you pay. See the pricing page for plan details.
Freelancers live in a shared freelancer pool that links them to each client company. A single freelancer can work for several companies at once, and only ever sees the projects they are assigned to and currently engaged on. They never see other clients' projects, and one client's data is never visible to another.
Freelancers manage their own availability
A freelancer records their own outside commitments as a date range with a percentage capacity reduction, along with a client name and notes. That availability feeds directly into planning, so their real capacity is respected across every company they work with at the same time.
Crucially, this is availability only. A freelancer shares how much time they have, never the details of another client's work. It keeps schedules honest without leaking anything confidential, which matters for security and IP.
Offering and confirming work
Work moves from tentative to committed through a simple handshake. A manager can offer tentatively-planned work to a freelancer, who accepts or declines. Accepting turns tentative planned load into a confirmed booking, so both sides know a slot is locked in before the production workflow begins.