# What linked workspaces are


> One subscription and one license pool across several workspaces, with everything operational still separate.
Linking solves one specific problem: an organization that genuinely needs separate workspaces, and does not want separate subscriptions.

A **parent** holds the subscription, the payment method, and the license pool. **Children** draw licenses from that pool and are otherwise ordinary workspaces.

## What is shared

**The subscription.** One plan, one payment method, one invoice.

**The license pool.** A license a child is not using is available to another child. Nothing is allocated in advance.

That is the whole list.

## What is not shared

Everything else. Screens, content, playlists, labels, and members all stay inside their own workspace, exactly as they would if the workspaces were unrelated.

Linking is a **billing** relationship, not an access one. Being the parent gives you the invoice, not a way into a child's screens: to see a child's screens you have to be a member of that child.

That surprises people, so it is worth stating plainly. A parent Owner is not automatically an Owner of the children.

## When it fits

A group where the workspaces must stay separate but the money should not:

Regions or brands that should not see each other's screens, under one finance function. A franchise operation. An organization whose facilities each run their own signage. An agency with a client per workspace, billing centrally.

## When it does not

**Teams who should collaborate.** If the reason for splitting was access, and it turns out they need each other's content, they wanted one workspace with [labels](/docs/labels/), not two linked ones.

**Sharing content across the group.** Linking does not do this. A [shared playlist](/docs/workspaces/reference/sharing-between-workspaces/) does, and it works between any two workspaces whether or not they are linked.

**Cost saving on its own.** Licenses cost the same in a pool. What you gain is one invoice and licenses that move without a purchase, not a discount.

## Availability

Enterprise, on both sides.