Solutions — questions and answers

How Polaris fits particular kinds of teams — startups, agencies, remote teams, solo founders.

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• Which of these twelve pages should I read if my team is a mix?

  Twelve kinds of team, twelve different arguments

• Does Polaris cost more for a bigger team?

  Twelve kinds of team, twelve different arguments

• Is there a kind of team Polaris is clearly wrong for today?

  Twelve kinds of team, twelve different arguments

• Do we have to leave Slack, Notion or Linear to use Polaris?

  Twelve kinds of team, twelve different arguments

• What is the first thing to actually do?

  Twelve kinds of team, twelve different arguments

• We are three people. Is Polaris overkill?

  Polaris for startups

• How do we know the hours on the bill are not inflated?

  Polaris for startups

• What happens to our bill in a quiet month?

  Polaris for startups

• Does this replace a first marketing or ops hire?

  Polaris for startups

• Can our whole team use it if only one of us is technical?

  Polaris for startups

• Can we bill agent hours through to the client?

  Polaris for agencies

• How is the hour estimated, exactly?

  Polaris for agencies

• Does this replace juniors?

  Polaris for agencies

• We run fifteen client accounts. Does the workspace handle that?

  Polaris for agencies

• What does it cost to add a freelancer for one project?

  Polaris for agencies

• Is Polaris ready for a client-facing agency today?

  Polaris for agencies

• What is the Chief of Staff, in practical terms?

  Polaris for solo founders

• I already use Todoist or Notion alone. Why change?

  Polaris for solo founders

• How much would a solo founder actually spend per month?

  Polaris for solo founders

• Can I use it from my phone?

  Polaris for solo founders

• What happens when I do hire my first employee?

  Polaris for solo founders

• Does the Inbox create tasks automatically from Slack?

  Polaris for remote teams

• How does an overnight AI job avoid becoming a surprise in the morning?

  Polaris for remote teams

• We are across eight timezones. Does anything need to happen synchronously?

  Polaris for remote teams

• What about the team members who are not technical?

  Polaris for remote teams

• Is there a real audit trail, or just a feed?

  Polaris for remote teams

• Do we have to leave Linear or Jira?

  Polaris for software teams

• Is this a coding agent?

  Polaris for software teams

• How do we stop an AI worker from closing its own tickets?

  Polaris for software teams

• What does it cost for a twenty-engineer team?

  Polaris for software teams

• Where is our data and what runs the workers?

  Polaris for software teams

• Can a worker be given our credentials safely?

  Polaris for software teams

• How is this different from the agencies argument?

  Polaris for consultancies

• Can a worker be trusted with primary research quality?

  Polaris for consultancies

• What stops us rebuilding the same analysis for the next client?

  Polaris for consultancies

• Does the hour estimate hold up under scrutiny from a finance team?

  Polaris for consultancies

• Is a small consultancy the right size for this?

  Polaris for consultancies

• Can a worker answer customer emails directly?

  Polaris for ecommerce brands

• Does it connect to Shopify?

  Polaris for ecommerce brands

• We already pay an agency for content. Why change?

  Polaris for ecommerce brands

• How many people can we put in the workspace during peak?

  Polaris for ecommerce brands

• What does peak actually cost, roughly?

  Polaris for ecommerce brands

• Is there a nonprofit discount?

  Polaris for nonprofits

• How is free sustainable? We have been burned by tools that changed pricing.

  Polaris for nonprofits

• Can volunteers use it without training?

  Polaris for nonprofits

• What about our compliance requirements around processing?

  Polaris for nonprofits

• We are two paid staff and a lot of goodwill. Is this too much tool?

  Polaris for nonprofits

• Does this replace Linear or Jira for the engineering team?

  Polaris for product teams

• How good is research synthesis from an AI worker, honestly?

  Polaris for product teams

• What stops the Inbox becoming another backlog nobody reads?

  Polaris for product teams

• Can a worker be given access to our customer feedback tools?

  Polaris for product teams

• Where does the Focus lane fit for a PM?

  Polaris for product teams

• We are not a tech company. Is this built for us?

  Polaris for small business

• Is it really free, or is there a seat charge hiding somewhere?

  Polaris for small business

• Who is responsible if a worker gets something wrong?

  Polaris for small business

• How long before it is useful?

  Polaris for small business

• What happens to our information if we stop using it?

  Polaris for small business

• Can a worker read our Figma files?

  Polaris for design studios

• Is this better than Notion plus a tracker for a studio?

  Polaris for design studios

• How would we price this into client work?

  Polaris for design studios

• We are four people. Does the workspace cost anything at that size?

  Polaris for design studios

• Is a design studio a good first user of a beta product?

  Polaris for design studios

• Does Polaris replace running agents locally?

  Polaris for technical founders

• What actually runs the job?

  Polaris for technical founders

• Where does the data live?

  Polaris for technical founders

• Can I edit what a worker knows, or is it a black box?

  Polaris for technical founders

• How is this priced for someone who will assign a lot of work?

  Polaris for technical founders

• It is a beta. What is genuinely missing?

  Polaris for technical founders