PublicViewsCompare
A seat and a shared view are not the same thing.
Buying an Attio seat is the obvious answer to “how do I show this person my list”. It is also the wrong shape, and Attio says so themselves. Here is the comparison, with their prices and their words.
What Attio says
“It’s not currently possible to share lists externally. On our Pro or Enterprise plans, you could add someone as a member and limit their access to just one list, but they would still be able to see all records across your workspace. If this is something you’d like to see in the future, let us know at support@attio.com.”
Three things are in that paragraph. External sharing does not exist. The workaround needs a paid plan. The workaround does not do what you wanted.
Attio may narrow that last point: their team has said object-level permissions are on the way. The first two do not change, and neither does the shape of the problem. A seat is still priced per person and it is still an account your client has to create.
- Companiesreachable
- Peoplereachable
- Dealsreachable
- Notesreachable
- Tasksreachable
- Client statusreachable
- Client statuspublished
- Companiesnever sent
- Peoplenever sent
- Dealsnever sent
- Notesnever sent
- Tasksnever sent
Side by side
| An Attio seat | A PublicViews view | |
|---|---|---|
| What the person sees | Every record in the workspace, per Attio's help centre, checked 31 Aug 2026 | The records in one list, and the attributes you switched on |
| Price | Attio Pro, $99 per person per month, or $79 billed annually | $25 a month, every viewer included |
| Cost of the tenth viewer | $99 more | $0 |
| Needs an account | Yes | No |
| Needs Attio's Pro plan | Yesto restrict a member to one list | No |
| Branding | Attio's | Yours: your logo and brand colour, and no PublicViews badge |
| Password or expiry on access | No | Yes |
| What they can change | Whatever their permissions allow | Only the attributes you marked editable, held for your approval or applied straight away if you choose |
| Record of who viewed what | No | Yeson Pro |
| Right choice for | A colleague who works in the CRM | A client, partner, investor, or the public |
Attio prices and capabilities: attio.com/pricing and Attio help centre, checked 31 August 2026. Verify before quoting.
Attio Pro $99/user/month, attio.com/pricing, checked 31 August 2026. Verify before quoting.
The two lines diverge because seats are priced per head and we are not. That gap is the product.
What they get instead
A page, at a link you send them. They open it, confirm the address you allowed, and see the records your filter matched with the attributes you switched on.
Nothing is created on their side and nothing is added to your workspace. When the engagement ends you pause the view and the link stops resolving, which is a thing a seat has never been able to do quietly.
| Project | Stage | Due |
|---|---|---|
| Website rebuild | In build | 12 Mar |
| Brand refresh | Delivered | 28 Feb |
| SEO retainer | In build | Monthly |
| Analytics audit | Not started | – |
When a seat is the right answer
Buy the seat when the person needs to work in the CRM. If they are running searches, building reports, moving deals across objects, writing notes against records you did not publish, or using Attio’s workflows and sequences, a published view will frustrate them and they should have the real thing.
Buy the seat when they are a colleague. Seats are correctly priced for employees. Our argument is about the people who are not.
Try it against one real list.
Connect Attio, publish one view free, and see what your client sees before you decide anything.