In Settings, Brands and Workspaces answer different questions. Using the right page keeps your account organized and avoids mixing up "which brand am I working in?" with "where does this client's access live?"
Brands (Settings → Brands)
Brands are brand profiles in Eklipsa. The profile you set as active controls workshop progress, Brand DNA, Halo Chat, Halo Studio, and saved assets for that name.
- Open
/settings/brands(from the app: Settings → Brands, or your account menu). - Switch the active brand when you want the rest of the app to use another profile.
- Create additional brands when your plan allows (for example, separate companies or engagements).
Workspaces (Settings → Workspaces)
Workspaces belong to your organization. They split work into areas such as:
- Internal — your studio's own work (available on plans that include workspaces).
- Client — a dedicated space per client on Strategist or Agency, with limits depending on your plan.
When you first use the signed-in app, Eklipsa ensures you have a personal organization (Founder-level) if you are not already a member of any organization, so Team and Workspaces always have a place to attach. The organization name is taken from your profile or your sign-in provider (for example Google account name) when available. If you have a pending team invitation by email, we wait to create that personal organization until the invite is no longer pending, so you are not blocked from joining the team you were invited to.
On a client workspace, owners and admins can open Client portal & sharing: link one or more brands you have access to (so the client only sees those profiles), then invite a client reviewer by email. Reviewers sign in at /portal, view shared deliverables read-only, and can leave notes—there is no formal approve/reject step in the first release.
Owners and admins can also rename a workspace, archive one you no longer need (archived client workspaces stop counting toward your plan's client-workspace limit), and restore them later if the plan still has room. Use Show archived workspaces on the Workspaces page to see hidden spaces.
Use Settings → Team to invite staff collaborators (other roles). Client reviewer invites from Workspaces use the same secure email link flow as Team. The Team table includes a Workspace column so you can see which client space each reviewer (or pending reviewer invite) belongs to.
How they work together
Pick the workspace structure and team access that match how you deliver work. Pick the brand that should be active in the product for DNA and content. The two settings screens link to each other for a quick reminder.
For the technical boundary (schemas and APIs), see the internal guide docs/technical/brands-and-workspaces.md in the repository, or ask support if you are unsure which to set up first.
Workspaces → Team → Brands often works well: set up spaces and people first, then ensure each active brand profile matches the engagement you are working in.