# Workspaces overview

Every verification starts by picking a **workspace** in the [dashboard](https://dashboard.self.xyz). A workspace is the kind of question you ask about a user; the flow you configure decides the exact rules. There are four:

| Workspace | The question it answers | Cost |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **[Pre-KYC](/docs/self-enterprise/workspaces/pre-kyc/)** | "Who is this user?" (identity rules, plus data reveals) | 25 credits |
| **[Age Verification](/docs/self-enterprise/workspaces/age-verification/)** | "Is this user old enough?" | 10 credits |
| **[Proof of Human](/docs/self-enterprise/workspaces/proof-of-human/)** | "Is this a unique, real person?" | 10 credits |
| **[Sovereign](/docs/self-enterprise/workspaces/sovereign/)** | "Is this user from a country I allow?" | 10 credits |

## How to choose

Ask what your product decision actually depends on, and pick the narrowest workspace that answers it. Narrower workspaces disclose less about your users and cost less:

- You need **identity attributes** (name, date of birth, document details) or several rules at once → **[Pre-KYC](/docs/self-enterprise/workspaces/pre-kyc/)**. It's the only workspace with data reveals.
- You only need an **age floor** → **[Age Verification](/docs/self-enterprise/workspaces/age-verification/)**. Nothing else is asked or revealed.
- You need **one account per person** → **[Proof of Human](/docs/self-enterprise/workspaces/proof-of-human/)**. It's built around the [nullifier](/docs/self-enterprise/get-started/how-it-works/#one-account-per-person-nullifiers).
- You need to restrict access to **specific nationalities** → **[Sovereign](/docs/self-enterprise/workspaces/sovereign/)**. The allowlist is the whole workspace.

## What they all share

Whatever the workspace, the mechanics are identical:

- **The same integration.** One `sessions.create(...)` call, a hosted page the user opens, and a signed `verification.completed` webhook. Switching workspaces later is a config change, not a code change.
- **The same privacy model.** The user proves facts with a zero-knowledge proof; you receive pass or fail results, never the underlying document. See [How verification works](/docs/self-enterprise/get-started/how-it-works/).
- **A security level.** Every workspace lets you choose **Standard** (the document is genuine) or **Hi-security** (the user physically scanned the document's chip, the default). See [Disclosures](/docs/self-enterprise/flows/disclosures/#security-level).
- **Both [verification modes](/docs/self-enterprise/flows/verification-modes/)**: Backend (the default) or On-chain.
- **Test and live environments**, mock passports, and the same [per-verification pricing model](/docs/self-enterprise/billing/credits-and-usage/).

A workspace holds **one active configuration at a time**, and a deployed configuration is immutable: to change it, archive it and create a new one. See [Anatomy of a flow](/docs/self-enterprise/flows/anatomy/).

## Related

- [Configure a workspace](/docs/self-enterprise/dashboard/configure-a-workspace/): building the flow in the dashboard.
- [Quickstart](/docs/self-enterprise/get-started/quickstart/): from sign-up to a verified user in ten minutes.
- [Credits and usage](/docs/self-enterprise/billing/credits-and-usage/): how the costs above are charged.