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# Partner Program Account Hierarchy

> This help topic describes the Partner Program account hierarchy.

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This topic describes the relationships between partner and managed accounts in the Partner Portal.

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## Account levels

The Partner Program offers two account types that enable partners to create an account hierarchy for the Partner Program services: partner and managed.
This image shows the account hierarchy, billing flow, and user role permissions for partner and managed accounts. For more information about the user roles, see [Managing User Roles](/partners/account/profiles).

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