# Set up your first workspace

Create a Komms Business workspace, add channels, invite your team and choose a plan.

A workspace is your company's home in Komms. Everything your team shares lives inside it.

## Create the workspace

1. Sign in and choose **Create a workspace**.
2. Give it your company or team name and an icon.
3. Every new workspace starts on **Starter**, the free plan.

Creating a workspace is your first action, so this is when your identity is created and you're asked to save your [recovery kit](recovery-kit).

## Add channels

Channels keep conversations organised by team, project or client. A few that work well to begin with:

- **#general** for company-wide updates
- one channel per **team** (sales, site, design)
- one channel per **project** or **client**

Channels in a workspace are private to its members. You can restrict a channel to certain people or roles. See [Channels, messages and replies](conversations).

## Invite your team

Send invites from the workspace settings. People who accept create their own Komms account and identity when they first act in the workspace. There's no per-seat fee and no member limit: each plan has a **recommended** team size, not a cap.

## Bring in clients and suppliers

On Growth and above, create a client or supplier channel and invite people from outside your company into just that channel. They see that channel and nothing else in your workspace.

## Set roles

On Team, Growth and Scale you can give people roles, such as admin and moderator, and use the admin console. See [Roles and moderation](roles-and-moderation).

## Choose a plan

Starter is free for small teams. When you need more storage or roles, upgrade to Team, Growth or Scale, paid yearly or monthly. See [Plans and pricing](plans-and-pricing).

> [!NOTE]
> Paid plans are bought on the web, from your account, by card. Invoices are available on Growth, Scale and Bespoke.