Pricing · USD
Start free. Pay when the site brings work.
One organization on us. The rest when you need to run what comes in.
Free
one org · one person
One organization, one person, on an illustrious.cloud address. Enough to publish a real site and see the inquiries it brings in.
Pro
most organizations
2 months free
Everything needed to run the business the site brings you, from the first inquiry through to getting paid.
Agency
studios · developers
2 months free
For a studio or developer running Illustrious for their own clients. Everything in Pro, plus client organizations of your own.
Who holds the money when a customer pays?
You do. Payments settle into your organization's own Stripe account and you are the merchant of record; Illustrious never sits in the middle.
Do I need a website from you to use this?
No. Most organizations arrive because their site brings inquiries they then lose track of.
Billing questions
How am I billed?
Monthly or annually, starting the day you subscribe, and renewing on the same date. Payments are handled by Stripe — we never see or store your card details.
Can I cancel?
Any time, from the billing page in your dashboard. Your plan stays active until the end of the period you have already paid for, and it does not renew after that. There is no cancellation fee and no notice period.
Do you offer refunds?
Yes. If you are not happy within 14 days of your first payment, ask and we will refund it in full. After that, monthly plans are not refunded mid-month — cancel and you keep access until the period ends. Annual plans are refunded pro rata for whole unused months if you cancel early.
What happens to my site if I stop paying?
Your site keeps working on an illustrious.cloud address, and nothing is deleted. You keep reading what you already have — customers, invoices, reports — you just cannot add new ones until you upgrade again. What stops is your own domain, the search tooling, and recording new work. Inquiries past the free plan's first 25 are kept for you and open again the moment you upgrade.
Can I change plans?
Yes, in either direction. Switching between monthly and annual, or between Free and Pro, is prorated by Stripe so you only pay the difference.
Is there a contract or minimum term?
No. Both plans are month to month unless you choose annual billing, and annual is a discount rather than a commitment you cannot leave.
What does Agency actually let me do?
Hold client organizations and work on their behalf — their site, their search visibility, their reports, and the inquiries that work produces. Not their customers, their billing or their members; those stay with them. Every client agrees to it before it starts, sees exactly what you can do and what you have done, and can end it on their own at any time without asking you.
Does my client still need their own plan?
Yes. Agency covers your right to work on their organization; their own plan covers what their organization can do. A client on the free plan is still on the free plan while you manage them — you cannot spend a capability they have not got.