I am a full admin. When in security tab, I can’t see “Add group” button. Any other way I can do the association?

Hi there, Yes, that’s correct. It’s not possible to create custom groups, private categories or map them to each other on our Free plan beta (but it’s available on higher plans). We have it on our list to make this more clear in the UI, and on our pricing page in the next week or so. Meta announcem…

[image] rishabh: Free plan Thanks for responding. While I have you here, are email notifications and inbound emails available in the free edition?

Yes, both features you mention (notifications by email, replying/posting by email) are available in the Free tier.

Cannot associate category with a group [free tier]

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Cannot associate category with a group [free tier]

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