Amazon Quick user types

Amazon Quick has three distinct user personas based on permission levels and use cases: administrator, author, and reader. Within these personas, there are six specific user roles that can be assigned, including Pro versions that provide access to advanced Amazon Quick capabilities. The following sections describe the role and task boundaries of each type.

Understanding Amazon Quick subscriptions and roles

The new capabilities for Amazon Quick are available via the following monthly user subscriptions:

To manage Amazon Quick users, billing and services, you need the Admin Pro role, which is the same as Amazon Quick Enterprise user subscription.

Amazon Quick also provides the following monthly user subscriptions to support business only (BI) only use cases:

Understanding reader capabilities

Both Essentials (Reader) and Professional (Reader Pro) can use Quick to access company data and find answers through chat interactions with AI agents. They can upload files, run automations, create visualizations, and share spaces via direct links. Existing security controls still apply, including row-level and column-level security and administrator Custom Permissions. For pricing, see Amazon Quick pricing.

Understanding author capabilities

Authors are domain experts who build and manage Quick resources. In addition to reader capabilities, they can create datasets, dashboards, automations, and agents. They have expanded sharing permissions for spaces and can use AI to create visualizations. Author Pro users can additionally create content using natural language, build knowledge bases, configure actions, and access advanced automation capabilities. For detailed information about author capabilities and subscription types, see Amazon Quick pricing.

Understanding admin capabilities

Administrators manage user access, monitor costs, and maintain data sources with full reader and author capabilities. There are two types of administrators: system administrators oversee the broader AWS environment including Amazon Quick signup, system health, and security; Amazon Quick administrators manage users and resources within Amazon Quick.

When your Amazon Quick account is integrated with IAM Identity Center, admin capabilities are divided between IAM permissions and Amazon Quick admin role permissions. Access to some sections of the Amazon Quick administration console is restricted by IAM permissions. The following table summarizes the admin actions that you can perform in Amazon Quick based on the access type that you choose.

Admin and Admin Pro users have full reader and author capabilities but focus primarily on system administration to ensure efficient and secure operations for all users. For detailed information about author capabilities and subscription types, see Amazon Quick pricing.