StrictLLM: Buy vs Skip (Desktop Persona Orchestration for Client Work)
IF your agency needs per-persona tool gating and sandboxed MCP access to client data, THEN the $29 Starter tier (3 personas, unlimited MCP servers, 7-day offline grace) is enough to pilot one workflow, and $79 Pro adds unlimited personas, full orchestration, full offline mode, and remote/mobile access once you run several client personas in parallel. IF you need audit logs for compliance or onboarding help, THEN you are pushed to the custom-priced Enterprise tier, since audit logs appear only there. IF you intend to resell AI as a branded client portal, THEN skip StrictLLM: it is a desktop application with no white-label capability in its published plans.
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StrictLLM: Buy vs Skip (Desktop Persona Orchestration for Client Work)
“IF your agency needs per-persona tool gating and sandboxed MCP access to client data, THEN the $29 Starter tier (3 personas, unlimited MCP servers, 7-day offline grace) is enough to pilot one workflow, and $79 Pro adds unlimited personas, full orchestration, full offline mode, and remote/mobile access once you run several client personas in parallel. IF you need audit logs for compliance or onboarding help, THEN you are pushed to the custom-priced Enterprise tier, since audit logs appear only there. IF you intend to resell AI as a branded client portal, THEN skip StrictLLM: it is a desktop application with no white-label capability in its published plans.”
- Client work involves private data that must stay local, and Ollama or another local model can be assigned per persona inside StrictLLM
- Delivery requires proof of which tools each AI persona could touch, so Always Allow, Always Ask, and Always Deny permissions per persona become part of the engagement record
- The agency runs several distinct roles (research, drafting, QA) and needs more than the 3 personas the $29 Starter tier allows, justifying the $79 Pro plan
- Field or remote staff need to reach the same persona setup away from the office, which only Pro's remote and mobile access covers
- A compliance-minded client asks for audit logs, making the custom-priced Enterprise tier the entry point rather than Starter or Pro
- The agency wants to sell AI assistants under its own brand to clients, since StrictLLM ships no white-label or client portal layer at any tier
- Most work happens in a browser across distributed contractors, and a desktop-only install with offline license activation adds friction the retainer cannot absorb
- Budget is fixed at a few seats and the team needs more than 3 personas immediately, because Starter caps personas and only Pro at $79 removes the limit
- No one on the team can own MCP server configuration and container sandboxing, and Enterprise onboarding is the only supported path to help
- The client relationship depends on usage analytics or per-client reporting, which none of the published plans describe
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- ConceptStrictLLM Permission Tier Ladder
- Evaluation RuleStrictLLM Rule: Adopt for Auditable Internal Agent Workflows, Not Client-Facing Retainers
- Failure PatternWhy Agencies Fail With StrictLLM: The Desktop-Only Retainer Illusion
- Implementation BlueprintStrictLLM Permissioned Persona Rollout (6-8 days)
- Operating ProcedureStrictLLM Persona Permission Hardening (Delivery)