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title: "A tour of the three consoles"
section: "Getting Started"
canonical_url: "https://support.buildwithhq.com/getting-started/platform-tour.html"
reviewed_at: "2026-09-14"
authority: Official
---

# A tour of the three consoles

Choose the Admin, Developer, or Operations workspace without changing identity or permissions.

## In brief

- **Audience:** New builders
- **Reading time:** 6 min
- **Format:** Orientation

BuildWithHQ groups work into three focused consoles. They reuse the same login, session, APIs, and authorization; this split changes navigation, not what your identity is allowed to do.

## Choose by job

| Console | What lives there | Covered in |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Admin** | Team, billing, account settings, branding, communications, security, and audit. | [Admin Console guide](../console-guides/admin-console.html)  |
| **Developer** | SaaS apps, templates, harnesses, appliances, marketplace, API clients, and integrations. | [Developer Console guide](../console-guides/developer-console.html)  |
| **Operations** | Provisioning, analytics, backups, domains, logs, storage, and AI operations. | [Operations Console guide](../console-guides/operations-console.html)  |

Note

Navigation location is not authorization. Every backend request still enforces the existing account, app, role, DataRole, location, and capability rules.

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Capability review: 2026-09-14. [View the canonical guide](https://support.buildwithhq.com/getting-started/platform-tour.html).