> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://elephas.app/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Elephas Enterprise: Deployment and Security Review

> Elephas Enterprise is a contract plan for larger organizations. What it covers, how to request a security review or questionnaire, and what to prepare first.

Elephas Enterprise is a contract plan for organizations that need more than the self-serve Team plan, or that run a security review before buying. There is no online checkout for it. You talk to us, and the terms are agreed in a contract.

<Info>
  For organizations evaluating Elephas at scale. Smaller teams can start right away with the **Team** plan. See [Teams overview](/docs/teams/teams-overview).
</Info>

## Before you start

It helps to have ready:

* Roughly how many people will use Elephas, and on Mac, Windows or both.
* The kinds of documents involved, such as client files, contracts or medical records.
* How you want AI to run: Elephas AI, Local AI on each computer, or a mix. See [Choose how Elephas answers](/docs/ai-options/choose-how-elephas-answers).
* Your security questionnaire, if your firm uses one.

## Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Contact us">
    Email [support@elephas.app](mailto:support@elephas.app) with "Enterprise" in the subject, your organization's name, and what you need.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Send your questionnaire">
    If you need a security questionnaire or a vendor review completed, attach it or ask for it in the same email.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Try it with a Team">
    Many organizations start with a small Team on the self-serve Team plan to test Elephas on real work while the review runs. See [Set up a Team workspace](/docs/teams/set-up-a-team-workspace).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## How it works

### What every plan already includes

These are how Elephas works, on every plan:

* **Indexing happens on each computer. Always.** Your files are read and indexed locally, never uploaded for indexing.
* **You control where AI runs.** Team Owners set an [AI policy](/docs/teams/team-ai-policy) that can turn cloud AI off. With Local AI, a model on the computer answers and your question and passages are not sent to any AI provider.
* **Team Brains are end-to-end encrypted.** The sync server stores data it cannot read, and new computers need Owner or Admin approval. See [Security overview](/docs/privacy-and-security/security-overview).
* **Personal information protection** replaces many common personal details with placeholders before cloud AI. See [Personal information protection](/docs/privacy-and-security/personal-information-protection).
* **A content-free audit log** of membership, device, Brain access and policy changes. See [Audit log](/docs/teams/team-audit-log).

For what leaves a computer in each AI mode, see [What data is sent to AI](/docs/privacy-and-security/what-data-is-sent-to-ai).

### What is agreed by contract

Larger organizations often ask for single sign-on (SAML), user provisioning (SCIM), custom data retention, data residency or a service-level agreement. None of these is part of the self-serve plans today. Ask us about your requirements, and anything we agree to is written into your contract.

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="We need an answer about a specific control">
    Email your question to support. Include the control reference from your framework, so we can answer precisely.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="We want to test before signing">
    Start a Team on the self-serve plan. See [Seats and billing](/docs/teams/team-seats-and-billing).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related articles

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Security overview" href="/docs/privacy-and-security/security-overview" />

  <Card title="Confidential client work" href="/docs/privacy-and-security/confidential-client-work" />

  <Card title="Teams overview" href="/docs/teams/teams-overview" />

  <Card title="Plans and pricing" href="/docs/plans-and-billing/plans-and-pricing" />
</CardGroup>


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