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FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

The questions Klarvo's team answers most often, in plain English.

About Klarvo

What is Klarvo? +

Klarvo is an EU AI Act compliance platform for European SMEs. It runs every AI system you operate through KlarvoEngine — a structured compliance engine built on the full legal text — and produces the verdict, the obligations, and the audit-ready evidence vault.

Who is it for? +

SMEs that operate AI systems — chatbots, content tools, analytics, recruitment AI, vendor AI. Klarvo is priced for teams of 1–250, with unlimited team members on every tier.

How fast is it to get started? +

Free signup, one AI system classified in under 10 minutes. Most organisations have their full inventory and Article 50 disclosures live within a working week.

KlarvoEngine

What is KlarvoEngine? +

Klarvo's compliance engine. The full legal text of the EU AI Act, every EU AI Office guideline, 70+ worked edge cases, and industry frameworks, encoded into a structured pipeline that produces article-cited verdicts.

How does it differ from a generic AI chatbot? +

A general-purpose chatbot reads blog posts about the law. KlarvoEngine reads the law itself and the official guidance, in a structured pipeline that produces typed, article-cited output — not freeform text. You can cite every classification back to the article that drove it.

Is the classification deterministic? +

On inputs the engine has seen before, yes — re-running the same system description returns the same verdict. Genuinely novel cases are flagged for review rather than guessed.

EU AI Act

Does it apply outside the EU? +

Yes — like GDPR, the AI Act has extraterritorial reach. If your AI system affects people in the EU, the Act applies regardless of where your business is registered.

What's the August 2026 deadline? +

2 August 2026 — Article 50 transparency obligations become enforceable on that date. There is no transitional grace period. The Digital Omnibus may delay Annex III high-risk obligations to December 2027; Article 50 is unaffected.

What's the penalty? +

Up to €35M / 7% of global turnover for prohibited practices; €15M / 3% for other breaches including transparency. For SMEs the cap is the lower of the two (Article 99(6)).

Pricing & billing

Is the Free plan really free? +

Yes. 1 AI system, full classification, evidence vault (1 GB), watermarked exports. No credit card, no trial expiry, no time-bomb. Permanent.

Per AI system, not per seat — what does that mean? +

Klarvo charges by the number of AI systems you operate, not by the number of users on your account. Unlimited team members on every tier including Free. Compliance is a team sport.

Can I cancel any time? +

Yes. One click in the Stripe customer portal. No long-term contract on any tier.

What currency is pricing in? +

EUR. Stripe Adaptive Pricing displays local currency at checkout.

Security & data

Where is my data stored? +

Supabase EU region. Row-level security on every table — your organisation's data is invisible to every other organisation. Evidence files sit in a private bucket; access flows through the platform with an RLS-equivalent check, never via direct public links.

Does the engine train on my data? +

No. Your AI-system descriptions are sent to the engine for classification but are not used to train any underlying model. AI privacy controls in Settings let you minimise what's shared per-organisation. Evidence file contents never leave the vault.

What does Klarvo do if I delete my account? +

Account deletion cancels every active subscription and pseudonymises identifiable data. Audit logs are retained on a documented schedule for legal-defensibility, then hard-deleted. The full data export is downloadable before deletion.

Still have a question?

Email hello@klarvo.io and we'll get back to you within a working day. Or start the Free tier and see the answer in action.

Free tier · Full KlarvoEngine classification · No credit card