# Google Sign-In

Sign in to Sistava with your Google account instead of creating a separate password. Choose Sign up with Google on the signup page and your workspace is ready after one approval, with your name and photo carried over automatically from Google. Because Google has already confirmed your email address, there is no verification email to chase before your AI employees can start working.

Google Sign-In lets you create and access your Sistava account using your existing Google credentials. Click Sign up with Google on the signup page, or Log in with Google when you come back, and approve the request. You land in your workspace with no separate password to invent, remember, or reset, and no signup form to fill in first.

The connection is one-way and read-only: Sistava reads your basic Google profile (name, email, and profile picture) to set up the account, and nothing more. Your Google avatar is copied in as your Sistava profile picture automatically, so a new account looks like you from the first screen instead of a blank placeholder. That copy happens once, at signup, so a photo you change later in Sistava is never overwritten the next time you log in.

Unlike a typed email and password, there is no credential for anyone to guess, phish through a weak reset flow, or reuse from a breached site. Google handles the authentication challenge; Sistava only ever receives a signed confirmation that you are who you say you are. Your Profile page keeps a visible badge for whichever provider you actually signed up with, so you always know how your account authenticates.

Signing up through Google also clears the email verification step for you. New accounts are normally held back until the email address is confirmed, which means an AI employee cannot start working yet. Google has already proven you own that address, so your account and workspace are set up in one pass and you can put an employee on a task during your first visit.

Because Google Sign-In accounts start without a Sistava password, you can add one at any time from the same Profile page using Forgot password, giving you a fallback sign-in path even if you ever lose access to the Google account. Your sign-in method belongs to you personally rather than to one workspace, so the same Google login opens every workspace you collaborate in and switching between them never asks you to authenticate again.

## One Less Password to Manage

Every password you create somewhere is a password you can lose, reuse, or have stolen from a breach that has nothing to do with Sistava. Signing in with Google removes that account from the list entirely: there is no Sistava password to set at signup, forget six months later, or type into a phishing page that mimics the real sign-in screen.

This matters most for the accounts you touch rarely. A workspace you check monthly with a typed password is exactly the kind of account that ends up reset through email, guessed, or abandoned. A Google-linked account skips that risk because the credential you are actually protecting lives with Google, where you likely already have stronger protections in place.

## Your Profile Shows How You Sign In

Open Profile from the top-right icon and you will see a badge naming the provider your account signed up with, whether that is email, Google, or Microsoft. It is a plain statement of fact, not a setting you toggle, and it is the fastest way to answer 'how do I log back into this workspace' months after you first signed up.

If your account is Google-linked and has no password yet, the same page lets you set one with Forgot password whenever you want a second way in, without disconnecting Google.

## Linking Google to an Account You Already Have

If you already created a Sistava account with an email address and a password, logging in with Google using that same address connects the two instead of starting a second, empty workspace. From then on either route reaches the same account, the same AI employees, and the same history.

That link is only made when the existing Sistava account has already confirmed its email address. It is a deliberate guard: if a bare address match were enough, somebody could sign up with an address they do not own and quietly inherit the real owner's Google login later. If two accounts somehow share one address, nothing is linked automatically at all.

## How It Works

**Google handles the login, Sistava only receives the confirmation**

When you choose Sign up with Google or Log in with Google, you are sent to Google's own sign-in screen, never a Sistava-hosted form. You authenticate directly with Google, using whatever method you already have set up there, including Google's own two-step verification if you use it.

Google redirects back with a signed token confirming your identity plus your basic profile fields. Sistava uses that token to create your account on first sign-in, or to log you into your existing account on every sign-in after that. No password ever passes through Sistava's servers for a Google-linked account.

Your session is then held in secure browser cookies rather than anywhere a script on the page could read it. Sistava carries a second sign-in path for browsers that block cookies set during a redirect, which some privacy focused mobile browsers do by default, so the login still finishes. Two-factor authentication, once you switch it on, applies on top of the Google login rather than replacing it.

## Use Cases

### Fast, password-free signup

Go from the sign-in page to a working Sistava account in one click, with your name and photo already filled in from Google.

### Fewer credentials to manage across your tools

Skip creating and remembering yet another password by signing in with the Google account you already use every day.

### Lower phishing exposure

Authenticate on Google's own screen instead of typing a password into a form, removing the most common target for credential-stealing attacks.

### Bring a small team on without handing out logins

Everyone signs in with the Google account they already use for work, so there is no shared password to circulate or claw back later.

## Comparison

| Before | After |
|---|---|
| A signup form, a password to invent, then a verification email to go and find before anything runs. | One approval on Google's own screen, then a workspace with an AI employee ready to take a task. |
| Another password saved in a browser, a notes app, or reused from somewhere else. | No Sistava password at all, unless you deliberately add one as a backup. |
| A convincing copy of a login form can collect whatever you type into it. | You only ever type credentials on Google's own screen, never on a form Sistava hosts. |
| Six months later, no memory of which address or password opened this account. | Your Profile page names the provider you signed up with, so the way back in is never a guess. |

## FAQ

### Can I sign in to Sistava with my Google account?

Yes. Google sign-in is offered on both the signup and login pages: choose Sign up with Google or Log in with Google, approve the request on Google's own screen, and you land in your workspace. There is no separate Sistava password to create, and your name and profile photo carry across automatically.

### Does Sistava ever see my Google password?

No. You authenticate on Google's own sign-in screen. Sistava only receives a signed confirmation of your identity and basic profile fields; your Google password never passes through Sistava.

### What information does Sistava get from my Google account?

Your name, email address, and profile picture, used to set up your account and copy in an avatar. Sistava does not read your Gmail, contacts, calendar, or any other Google data through this sign-in connection.

### Do I need a Google Workspace account, or does a personal Gmail work?

Either one works. A personal Gmail address and a Google Workspace address on your own company domain are treated exactly the same way, because Sistava only asks Google to confirm who you are and share your basic profile.

### Can I still set a password if I signed up with Google?

Yes. Open Profile and use Forgot password at any time to add a Sistava password alongside your Google sign-in, giving you a second way into the account. It is worth doing before you need it: an account created through Google carries no password until you set one, so that password is your fallback if you ever lose the Google account itself.

### What if I have accounts with both email and Google using the same address?

Logging in with Google on an address that already has a confirmed Sistava account links the two rather than creating a duplicate, so you keep one workspace and one history. Profile shows a badge for the provider you originally signed up with.

### Does this work the same way for Microsoft accounts?

Yes. Sistava offers Continue with Microsoft alongside Continue with Google, using the same one-way, read-only connection pattern.

## Where Google Sign-In fits

Google Sign-In is part of How you run the account itself.

Sign in the way your company already does, decide who can do what, and keep the money side legible. Credits, plans, invoices, referrals, and the controls that decide who reaches which part of the workspace.

- [How you run the account itself](/en/features/account): Your workspace, your money, your people.

## Read the guide

- [Guide: Google Sign-In](/en/guide/account/organization)

## More in Account & Billing

- [Monthly Credits](/en/features/account/monthly_credits): Every paid plan comes with a pool of credits that refills automatically at the start of each billing period. Credits are the single unit that pays for everything your AI employees do: thinking, tool calls, media generation, voice, and meetings. There is nothing to top up manually each month; your allowance is just there again when the new period starts.
- [Lifetime Credits (Free)](/en/features/account/lifetime_credits_free): Pick the Free plan and your workspace gets 2,000 credits in one grant, no card required. Those credits never reset and never expire; you spend them at your own pace across chat, tools, and media generation until they run out. It is a one-time bucket, not a monthly allowance, so it is meant for trying the platform before you commit to a paid plan.
- [Buy Credits](/en/features/account/credit_packs): Add credits to your workspace balance any time, on any plan, without changing your subscription. Pick from three one-time packs, pay by card through Stripe, and the credits land in your balance as soon as the payment clears.
- [Upgrade & Downgrade](/en/features/account/plan_upgrade_downgrade): Move to a bigger plan the moment you need more credits or a higher employee cap, and the change takes effect immediately. Move to a smaller plan when you need less, and it takes effect at the end of your current billing period so you keep what you already paid for. Both happen from Settings, Subscription, no support ticket required.
- [Promo Codes](/en/features/account/promo_codes): Redeem a promotional code for a one-time, lifetime grant of bonus credits on top of your plan's monthly allowance. Enter a code at signup or any time afterward from Settings, Subscription, Get Free Credits. Each grant shows up in your Credit Grants history with its source, date, and amount, and one code can be redeemed once per workspace.
- [Referrals](/en/features/account/referral_program): Share your personal referral link or invite someone by email, and you both get 1,000 free credits the moment they sign up. Track every invite from a dedicated Earn Credits page, and keep earning until you hit the 10-referral cap.
- [Data Retention](/en/features/account/data_retention): Sistava deletes operational data on a fixed schedule instead of keeping it forever by default. A cleanup job runs every day and removes rows past their retention window: short-lived debug data within a week or two, working memory after 30 days of inactivity, and usage and activity history after two years. Chat messages, documents your employees write, and persistent notes are kept indefinitely unless you delete them yourself. There is no setting to change these windows; they apply the same way to every workspace.
- [Microsoft Sign-In](/en/features/account/oauth_microsoft): Sign up or sign in with your Microsoft account instead of creating a password. Sistava reads your Microsoft account's name, email, and profile photo to set up your account, and your Profile page shows Microsoft as your connected sign-in method. Because Microsoft has already confirmed the address belongs to you, the account counts as verified from the start and your employees can begin working straight away. Google sign-in and an ordinary email and password are the other two ways in.
- [Workspace Roles](/en/features/account/tenant_roles): Every workspace you create has an Owner, Admin, and Collaborator role, each with a fixed set of permissions over billing, the collaborator roster, and resource access. Owners can grant a non-owner collaborator extra access, or take some away, without changing their overall role. A Roles page shows your own effective access and the full permission matrix so nobody has to guess what they can do.
- [User Profile Picture](/en/features/account/user_profile_avatar): Upload a photo for your account so your teammates and AI employees see a real picture of you instead of initials. It shows up in chat, comments, and the collaborator list across every workspace you belong to. If you signed up with Google or Microsoft, your picture is pulled in automatically the first time you sign in, and you can replace it any time.
- [Two-Factor Authentication](/en/features/account/two_factor_auth): Add a second sign-in step to your Sistava account using any TOTP authenticator app, like Google Authenticator or Authy. Once enabled, a code from your app is required in addition to your password, so a leaked or guessed password alone is not enough to get in. Turning it on immediately signs out every other active session, so a session created before you enabled it cannot be used to bypass it.
- [Feedback Board](/en/features/account/feedback_board): Submit bug reports, feature requests, improvements, and questions from inside the app, then vote on what other users have asked for. Every item lands on one Community Board visible to the whole platform, sorted by vote count, so the most-wanted ideas surface for the team automatically.

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