Membership & Platform Control

This page is a read-only MVP preview of the membership and entitlement architecture. Plan editing, entitlement assignment and subscription management will be added in the admin phase.

Membership tiers

GUEST, Basic, Premium, Expert and Admin.

Entitlements

Access rules for photos, tools and expert content.

Demo status

Live

Self-hosted web, API and PostGIS deployment.

Admin Tools Preview

Presentation-safe management actions for members, plans, entitlements and billing setup.

Demo tools

Membership Plans

5-tier access model

free

GUEST

Basic free membership.

0 USD / mo

Yearly: 0 USD

Sort order: 10

premium

Basic

Basic Current demo role

Premium membership with extended access.

9.99 USD / mo

Yearly: 99.99 USD

Sort order: 20

vip

Premium

VIP membership with high-resolution and expert content access.

24.99 USD / mo

Yearly: 249.99 USD

Sort order: 30

expert

Expert

Expert role plan for verified identifiers and reviewers.

- USD / mo

Yearly: - USD

Sort order: 40

admin

Admin

Administrative access.

- USD / mo

Yearly: - USD

Sort order: 50

Entitlement Catalog

These rules will drive paid/free access, expert tools, original downloads and VIP content.

Access Layer

Code	Name	Description
`can_access_expert_comments`	Can access expert comments	Allows viewing expert comments and review details.
`can_access_vip_species_notes`	Can access VIP species notes	Allows access to VIP-only taxon notes.
`can_create_private_collections`	Can create private collections	Allows creating private collections.
`can_create_unlimited_observations`	Can create unlimited observations	Allows creating observations without standard free-plan limits.
`can_download_original_owned_photos`	Can download original owned photos	Allows downloading original files owned by the user.
`can_export_own_archive`	Can export own archive	Allows exporting user-owned observation and media archive.
`can_use_advanced_taxon_comparison`	Can use advanced taxon comparison	Allows use of advanced comparison and study tools.
`can_use_ai_identification`	Can use AI identification	Allows using AI-based identification features.
`can_view_exact_location`	Can view exact location	Allows viewing exact coordinates when permitted.
`can_view_high_resolution_photos`	Can view high resolution photos	Allows access to high-resolution photo variants.