---
title: "User Management Hierarchy"
url: "/docs/proxy/user_management_heirarchy"
canonical_url: "https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/proxy/user_management_heirarchy"
type: "docs"
last_updated: "2026-10-10"
summary: "LiteLLM supports a hierarchy of users, teams, organizations, and budgets."
related:
  - "/docs/proxy/multi_tenant_architecture"
  - "/docs/proxy/key_auth_arch"
---
# User Management Hierarchy

> Index of all LiteLLM docs: https://docs.litellm.ai/llms.txt


LiteLLM supports a hierarchy of users, teams, organizations, and budgets.

- Organizations can have multiple teams. [API Reference](https://docs.litellm.ai/api-reference/#/organization%20management)
- Teams can have multiple users. [API Reference](https://docs.litellm.ai/api-reference/#/team%20management)
- Users can have multiple keys, and be on multiple teams. [API Reference](https://docs.litellm.ai/api-reference/#/budget%20management)
- Keys can belong to either a team or a user. [API Reference](https://docs.litellm.ai/api-reference/#/Customer%20Management)

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See [Access Control](./access_control) for more details on roles and permissions.
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## Related pages

- [Multi-Tenant Architecture with LiteLLM](https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/proxy/multi_tenant_architecture.md)
- [How Key-Based Auth Works](https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/proxy/key_auth_arch.md)