Use Cases

Partners fit a range of external-collaboration scenarios. The examples below show how the same isolation and delegated-administration model applies across different industries and workflows.

Agency Collaboration

Provide a secure folder tree for contractors or service firms who need to upload or retrieve files without accessing internal data. This is particularly helpful if your contractors need to use protocol access or the Desktop App to transfer extremely large files that would be unwieldy for a web-based solution, such as full access Share Links.

Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Create a Partner for each supplier so they can securely upload product specifications, invoices, and shipment confirmations into their designated root folder.

By unifying the permissions in the Partner, you can allow third-party logistics (3PL) companies to use API or SFTP keys to exchange order and tracking data automatically, while human users can access the files using credentials that include 2FA security.

Use tags and user lifecycle rules to automatically deactivate inactive supplier accounts after a defined period, ensuring compliance and security.