Plans And Feature Access
Plans matter in GridGap, but access is not controlled by plan alone. What you can do also depends on whether you are in personal context or Business workspace context, and in a workspace it also depends on your role.
Start with the access model
The simplest way to read access in GridGap is to check three things in order. First, check the plan. Second, check the active workspace. Third, if you are in a Business workspace, check the role you hold there.
This explains why a feature can look unavailable even when the account is paid. You may be looking from the wrong context, or you may be in the right workspace but without the role needed for that action.
What Free is for
Free is the entry point for personal use. It gives you a lighter version of the calculator so you can understand the workflow, try the product, and work with basic personal access.
It is not intended to be the full working environment for heavier calculator use, deeper result review, archive access, or PDF reporting. Once you need fuller comparison and reporting tools, Free usually becomes limiting.
What Pro changes
Pro is the paid personal plan. It is the right fit when your personal account is where the real work is going to happen. In practice that means fuller calculator access, fuller results access, PDF export, archive access, and a stronger version workflow for serious use.
Pro still belongs to your personal context. It does not turn your account into a Business workspace and it does not give you automatic workspace management rights elsewhere.
What Business changes
Business adds a separate shared workspace model. It has its own billing, its own projects, its own seat count, and its own member roles. Shared projects belong to the workspace, not to the individual member who happened to create them.
Business is therefore more than a paid flag. It changes how work is organised. The team works inside a shared workspace, and permissions depend on both the workspace subscription state and the role each member has there.
Keep personal and Business separate in your mind
One login can have a personal plan and also belong to one or more Business workspaces. Those are still separate billing and access contexts. A paid personal subscription does not automatically manage a workspace. A Business workspace does not replace your personal subscription either.
This is why the app has separate personal billing and workspace billing pages. It is also why the workspace switcher matters. The active context changes what data you are looking at and what actions are available.
Role matters inside Business workspaces
In a workspace, role decides what you can do with shared resources. Owners have the highest level of control. Billing is owner-only. Other roles may still work with shared projects, but they should not expect every management action to appear.
So if a workspace feature looks missing, do not jump straight to subscription confusion. First confirm you are in the correct workspace. Then check whether your role is allowed to perform that action.
A practical way to check access
If something seems locked, ask these questions in order. Am I in personal or Business context? Is the relevant subscription active there? If this is a workspace action, what role do I have in that workspace? That simple check solves most access confusion quickly.