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Asked: 2026-05-16T07:24:45+00:00

In my web application I will have three types of accounts. User: for using

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In my web application I will have three types of accounts.

  • User: for using the web application for free
  • Customer: for advertising and getting a Company Logo
  • Admin: for editing and deleting stuff

Should all these three be in separate tables or in one with a column named “account_type” where i can mark it as User, Customer or Admin?

What are the pros and cons for both? Is there a best practice for this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    In general, a person can be user, customer and admin — so, I would start with a Person table with columns IsCustomer, IsUser, IsAdmin. Later (for fast search) you may decide to add separate tables Admin, Customers, Users with FK to the Person table.

    EDIT:

    A typical case may be:

    • 5 million users
    • 1000 customers
    • 10 admins

    In general, having separate tables for customers and admins should speed-up any admin/customer related query.

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