# Source: https://docs.apify.com/platform/collaboration/organization-account.md

# Organization account

**Create a specialized account for your organization to encourage collaboration and manage permissions. Convert an existing account, or create one from scratch.**

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Organization accounts allow groups to collaborate on projects. It enables you to manage your team members' [permissions](https://docs.apify.com/platform/collaboration/list-of-permissions.md) and to centralize your billing without having to share the credentials of a single personal account.

You can [switch](https://docs.apify.com/platform/collaboration/organization-account/how-to-use.md) between your personal and organization accounts in just two clicks: in [Apify Console](https://console.apify.com), click the account button in the top-left corner, then select the organization.

You can set up an organization in two ways.

* . If you don't have integrations set up yet, or if they are easy to change, you can create a new organization, preserving your personal account.
*  into an organization. If your Actors and [integrations](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations.md) are set up in a personal account, it is probably best to convert that account into an organization. This will preserve all your integrations but means you will have a new personal account created for you.

> Prefer video to reading? [See our video tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIL6HqtnvKk) for organization accounts.

## Availability and pricing

The organization account is available on all our plans. [Visit our pricing page](https://apify.com/pricing) for more information.

## Create a new organization

You can create a new organization by clicking the **Create new organization** button under the **Organizations** tab in your [account](https://console.apify.com/account#/myorganizations). If you want the organization to have a separate email address (used for notifications), enter it here. Otherwise, leave the **email** field empty and the owner's email will be used for notifications.

![Create a new organization](/assets/images/create-new-org-2a391adfe3ab3f5d83355bcd406c4690.png)

**You can own up to 5 and be a member of as many organizations as you need.**

## Convert an existing account

> **When you convert an existing user account into an organization,**
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> * **You will no longer be able to sign in to the converted user account.**
> * **An organization cannot be converted back to a personal account.**
> * **During conversion, a new account (with the same login credentials) will be created for you. You can then use that account to [set up](https://docs.apify.com/platform/collaboration/organization-account/setup.md) the organization.**

Before converting your personal account into an organization, make sure it has a **username**.

An organization can't be a member of other organizations. If you want to convert your account to one, you'll first need to **leave all the organizations you are a part of**.

Then, under the **Organizations** [tab](https://console.apify.com/account#/myorganizations), click the **Convert this user account to an organization** button.

![Convert your account to an organization](/assets/images/convert-to-organization-21647ca9838fde34a47fe7a088b7e0f7.png)

Next, enter an organization name and select **Convert**.

The name you enter becomes the organization's display name. The original account **username** stays the same, so any public Actors or API references (for example, `my_profile/my_actor`) keep their existing URLs. A new personal account is created for you with the same login credentials and a username based on your original username with `-owner` added (for example, `my_profile-owner`). This applies to both **password** and **OAuth** methods. You'll use this new personal account to manage and own the organization.

And that's it! Your personal account becomes the organization, and you will be logged out automatically.

For information on [adding members and assigning roles](https://docs.apify.com/platform/collaboration/organization-account/setup.md), see the Setup page.

## Billing

Actor and task runs are billed to the account they are started from. **Always make sure you start your runs from the correct account** to avoid having an organization's runs billed to your personal account.

To find out about organization pricing, get in touch at [support@apify.com](mailto:support@apify.com?subject=Organization%20account%20pricing) or [visit the pricing page](https://apify.com/pricing).