--- title: Can you be a user and a person? description: "There are two sections in Pawlytics to organize the humans within your organization: People and Users. Here's a breakdown of the two." --- [Skip to content](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/can-you-be-a-user-and-a-person#main-content) English Show submenu for translations ![Pawlytics\_Paw-1.png\]](https://learn.pawlytics.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pawlytics_Paw-1.png?height=40&name=Pawlytics_Paw-1.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Go to app.pawlytics.com](https://app.pawlytics.com/) [Go to app.pawlytics.com](https://app.pawlytics.com/) Welcome! HOWL can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Pawlytics Help Center](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [About Pawlytics](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/about-pawlytics?hsLang=en) # Can you be a user and a person? ## There are two sections in Pawlytics to organize the humans within your organization: People and Users. Here's a breakdown of the two. To start off, start thinking of Users as People that have access to your organization's database. Think of People as individuals that you want to keep data or information on only.  ### Users You can assign User's role and permission in Pawlytics, so these are people that will be using Pawlytics. You can still track their foster and adoption history, and assign them to pets as fosters or adopters. These may be your foster coordinators, or volunteer managers. ### People People, on the other hand, will not have any access to your Pawlytics database. They are a data point within Pawlytics. These may be adopters, fosters, or volunteers that will not be using Pawlytics.   - [Pets](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/pets?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Medical Care](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/pets?hsLang=en#medical-care) - [Getting Started](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/getting-started?hsLang=en) - [People](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/people?hsLang=en) - [Users](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/users?hsLang=en) - [About Pawlytics](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/about-pawlytics?hsLang=en) - [Applications](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/applications?hsLang=en) - [Organization Settings](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/organization-settings?hsLang=en) - [E-Contracts](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/e-contracts?hsLang=en) - [Financials](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/financials?hsLang=en) - [Your Partners](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/your-partners?hsLang=en) - [Pawlytics Partners](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/pawlytics-partners?hsLang=en) - [Automatic Microchip Registrations](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/automatic-microchip-registrations?hsLang=en#main-content) - [AKC Reunite](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/automatic-microchip-registrations?hsLang=en#akc-reunite) - [HomeAgain](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/automatic-microchip-registrations?hsLang=en#homeagain) - [PetLink](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/automatic-microchip-registrations?hsLang=en#petlink) - [SmartTag](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/automatic-microchip-registrations?hsLang=en#smarttag) - [Reporting](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/reporting?hsLang=en) - [FUR-cus Groups](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/fur-cus-groups?hsLang=en) [![Chill listening crop-3](https://learn.pawlytics.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pawlytics_Paw-2.png?width=24&height=24&name=Pawlytics_Paw-2.png "Chill listening crop-3")](http://pawlytics.com) pawlytics.com Help Center Copyright © 2026, Pawlytics