Question 1

Who is Eklipsa for?

Accepted Answer

Eklipsa is for independent brand strategists and consultants, and for boutique branding or brand-strategy agencies. It is the Brand Intelligence System for running a client engagement: you lead the strategy, and the system keeps the approved decisions usable after the workshop.

Question 2

Is Eklipsa for founders?

Accepted Answer

Founders are not the beta audience we are recruiting. A founder can be your client. The person who applies is the strategist or boutique agency running the engagement. Eklipsa is not a founder-first brand kit or a general marketing-team signup.

Question 3

Do I need a client ready today?

Accepted Answer

No. Fit and readiness are separate. A strong-fit practice with a later client start date is still a strong fit. Readiness is reviewed as Ready Now, Qualified Pipeline, Research Qualified, or Low Fit. Client timing is not part of the fit judgment.

Question 4

What counts as a qualifying client?

Accepted Answer

One real client engagement you would actually run. A sample brand, a personal demo, or a second free project does not qualify. The pilot covers that one client only.

Question 5

When do the 30 days start?

Accepted Answer

The 30 active days start when the qualifying client workspace is activated. The clock does not start when you apply, when you are accepted, or when you create an account.

Question 6

Is the pilot actually free?

Accepted Answer

The One-Client Professional Pilot does not require a credit card and is not a Stripe subscription. If you are accepted and you activate the qualifying client, you receive a one-time 100,000-credit grant. It is not a permanent free plan, and applying does not mean you are accepted.

Question 7

Is there a permanent free plan?

Accepted Answer

No. There is no permanent commercial free tier. The pilot is one qualifying client, once. Paid continuation is a separate choice after the pilot.

Question 8

Can I run another client for free?

Accepted Answer

No. The pilot binds to one qualifying client. A second client workspace is not included, including after you archive the first. There is no repeat free commercial engagement.

Question 9

What happens if my client start date moves?

Accepted Answer

Tell us in the application. If you are accepted and the start moves before you activate the client workspace, the 30-day clock has not started. A later start does not change whether the practice is a fit.

Question 10

What happens after the pilot?

Accepted Answer

After the 30 active days there is a commercial review. You can continue month-to-month on a founding plan, or stop. Acceptance into the pilot is not enrollment in a paid plan.

Question 11

What will it cost if I continue?

Accepted Answer

Founding checkout during beta is month-to-month: Strategist Pro at $149/month, or Studio / Agency at $349/month. Those founding rates are protected for 12 months. Annual checkout is not offered during beta.

Question 12

Can I cancel the paid plan?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A paid plan is month-to-month. You can cancel from billing settings. Access continues until the end of the current billing period. The pilot itself is not a subscription, so there is no card to cancel during the pilot.

Question 13

Why not just use ChatGPT?

Accepted Answer

A general chat starts from a prompt and does not hold the engagement. Eklipsa keeps the decisions you approve as Brand DNA, then uses that context for later messaging, review, and creation. AI sits inside your strategy. It does not replace the judgment you are hired for.

Question 14

Do I need to stop using Miro?

Accepted Answer

No. Keep Miro or FigJam for live workshops. Eklipsa is where the approved decisions live afterward, so the board is not the only copy of the strategy.

Question 15

Do I need to stop using Figma?

Accepted Answer

No. Keep Figma for design. Eklipsa does not replace your design files. It holds the strategic decisions those files should follow.

Question 16

Do I need to stop using Notion?

Accepted Answer

No. Keep Notion, Docs, or slides for notes and delivery formats you already use. Eklipsa is the living record of the strategy, not a demand that you abandon the rest of the stack.

Question 17

Does AI make the strategic decisions?

Accepted Answer

No. You own strategic judgment. AI supports synthesis, retrieval, memory, activation, and leverage. Approvals stay with you. The line is: AI inside your strategy, not instead of your strategy.

Question 18

Can I use my own methodology?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You keep your process. Eklipsa stores the decisions you approve so they stay usable after the workshop. Guided workshops are available. They do not require you to throw out your framework.

Question 19

Can my client participate?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can invite the client as a reviewer in the client portal. They see what you publish, and they can leave feedback on that shared work. They do not see the rest of your account.

Question 20

Does my client need a paid seat?

Accepted Answer

No. Client reviewers are guests. They do not consume a paid team seat. Strategist Pro includes client guests. Studio / Agency includes client guests plus team seats for your practice.

Question 21

Does Eklipsa contact or upsell my client?

Accepted Answer

No. Acceptance does not mean we contact your client. Eklipsa does not sell the product to your client or pressure you to upsell them. You choose what they can see.

Question 22

Who owns the client relationship?

Accepted Answer

You do. Eklipsa is the system you use to run the engagement. We do not take over the client.

Question 23

Is client data used to train models?

Accepted Answer

The security page states that brand data is used to power your Brand Intelligence inside Eklipsa and is not used to train, fine-tune, or improve third-party foundation models. We do not sell personal information. If you start the optional visual-style training step, the assets you select are sent to fal.ai to train a style model for that brand. That step runs only when you start it.

Question 24

What data is sent to AI providers?

Accepted Answer

When you use an AI feature, the privacy policy says the prompts, messages, and brand or project content you submit are disclosed to the provider for that feature. Text features use OpenAI or Anthropic, and Groq or Google Gemini when that provider is selected. Image and visual generation uses fal.ai. Deck generation, when you use it, uses Gamma. Client files are not sent to a provider unless you submit that content to an AI feature. The full vendor list is on the privacy page.

Question 25

Can I export client work?

Accepted Answer

Yes for the deliverables the product already exports, including a Brand Book as DOCX and other documents you generate. The privacy policy also lets you request a portable copy of personal information by emailing chris@eklipsa.ai. There is not one button that dumps every database table for a client workspace.

Question 26

Can I delete client data?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can delete a brand from brand settings, and you can delete your account from profile settings. The privacy policy also gives you a right to request deletion of personal information at chris@eklipsa.ai. We respond to those requests within 30 days. Deletion follows the retention policy. It is not an instant wipe of every backup.

Question 27

What is Brand DNA?

Accepted Answer

Brand DNA is the living record of the strategic decisions you approve for a client: positioning, audience, voice, and the rules later work should follow. It is what stays usable after the workshop, instead of a deck that goes stale.

Question 28

What is a Brand Intelligence System?

Accepted Answer

Eklipsa is the Brand Intelligence System for brand strategists and boutique agencies. It turns approved client strategy into context the later work can use: messaging, review, and creation. It is not a logo maker or a one-click brand generator.

Question 29

What does Halo do after strategy?

Accepted Answer

Halo Chat uses the Brand Intelligence you have approved, so a later conversation starts from that client context instead of a blank prompt. It can help you retrieve, pressure-test, and draft. It does not make the strategic decision.