Soleil Clusters

Soleil Clusters is a shared visual workspace for film, photo, design, and brand teams. Its boards, called clusters, bring references, storyboards, shot lists, scripts, and schedules onto an infinite canvas where collaborators can see live cursors, comments, and presence. Built-in documents let teams write briefs alongside the canvas, while tags and a relationship graph help connect references, cards, and boards. Boards are private by default; users can invite collaborators or share a view-only public link that does not require an account to view. Images, video, audio, and PDFs appear as cards with viewers or players, while other files are downloadable cards. Clusters provides a REST API and MCP server for integrations, and supports presentation mode and PNG or PDF export. It works in browsers, as an installable PWA, and through native iOS and Android apps. A free plan is available; Creator is $25 a month, or $20/mo billed annually ($240/yr).

Clusters brings visual materials and planning documents into shared boards, with guest viewing and real-time collaboration. Teams moving from another board tool should note there is no board importer, although screenplays can be imported as Final Draft or Fountain files.

Clusters suits film, photo, design, and brand teams organizing visual references and creative planning together. It may also suit developers integrating boards through its API or MCP server.

Soleil Clusters is a collaborative visual workspace for film, photography, design and brand production. It is most useful to teams that need references, planning documents and media to stay connected while several people work at once. The free tier is generous for small experiments, but active production libraries will quickly point toward Creator.

Overview

Clusters organizes references, storyboards, shot lists, scripts and schedules on shared boards called clusters. Its infinite canvas is designed for visual, reference-led work rather than conventional task lists, and built-in documents keep written briefs alongside the material they describe. That combination suits creative departments moving between research, planning and execution.

There is a meaningful migration caveat: Clusters has no board importer for bringing projects over from another board service. Files can be dragged in, and screenplays can be imported as Final Draft or Fountain files, but recreating an existing board structure may take manual work.

Key features

Live cursors, comments and presence make the canvas a genuine real-time workspace. Collaborators can see one another working instead of exchanging successive exports. Documents support slash commands and @mentions, giving briefs and notes a more structured home than plain text pasted onto a board.

Tags gather references across the workspace, while a relationship graph connects cards and boards. Those tools are particularly valuable when a project has recurring visual motifs or spans multiple boards and production stages; they are less important for a one-off mood board.

Images, video, audio and PDFs dropped onto a board become cards with viewers or players. Other file types remain downloadable file cards, so Clusters can hold a mixed production folder without pretending every format has an in-app preview. Presentation mode and PNG or PDF export help turn working boards into reviewable deliverables.

Boards start private. You can invite collaborators or create a view-only public link, and viewers do not need an account. That is convenient for clients and stakeholders, but public sharing is a review channel, not an editing handoff. Files sit in private object storage and are delivered with expiring signed URLs. Sign-in uses a one-time email code; API tokens are stored as hashes and can be revoked. Deleted clusters remain in trash for 30 days before permanent removal.

For technical teams, a REST API at /api/v1 and an MCP server for AI assistants extend the workspace beyond its interface. Integrations can use OAuth or personal access tokens. The maker also publishes dated weekly changelog entries, useful for teams that want visibility into a continuously changing product.

Pricing

Demo

The free Demo plan costs nothing and is billed Free forever; it does not expire. It includes 50 cards, unlimited clusters and unlimited collaborators, but only standard media. Upload caps are 30 MB per video, 50 MB per audio file and 50 MB per PDF. There is no free trial because the free plan itself is permanent. This is a sensible choice for a small team proving out a workflow or maintaining a limited reference set, not for a growing archive.

Creator

Creator costs $25 a month when billed monthly, or $20/mo billed annually ($240/yr). It removes the card ceiling, accepts any file type, imposes no per-file size limits and provides a 100GB drive. The annual rate is the better fit for an established team that expects to stay, while monthly billing keeps the commitment shorter. The upgrade is justified by storage and file limits as much as by card count.

Platforms

Clusters runs in a web browser and mobile browser, can be installed as a PWA, and has native iOS and Android apps according to its documentation. An API and MCP server are available for integrations and AI-assistant workflows. This breadth is useful for field reviews and distributed crews, although the product remains centered on the shared board rather than a platform-specific editing suite.

Who it's for

Film, photo, design and brand teams doing visual planning are the natural audience. Producers can collect schedules and shot lists, designers can connect references across boards, and clients can review a presentation or public link without creating an account. Choose another tool if your priority is importing a mature board archive intact, or if a 50-card ceiling would interrupt an ongoing free workflow.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Real-time canvas collaboration combines live cursors, comments and presence in one shared space.
• Pros: Built-in documents, tags and relationship graphs connect written briefs with visual research.
• Pros: Guest viewing, presentation mode and PNG/PDF export simplify external review.
• Pros: Private storage, expiring signed URLs, revocable hashed API tokens and 30-day trash recovery provide practical safeguards.
• Cons: There is no importer for boards from other tools, making migration labor-intensive.
• Cons: Demo is limited to 50 cards, standard media and modest upload caps.
• Cons: Public links are view-only, so outside reviewers cannot edit the board through that route.

Alternatives

For a broader mood-board directory, see Mood Board Software. Adobe Firefly is the better pick when generative creation is the priority, with a free tier offering limited daily generations. Choose Milanote for a cross-platform board tool whose free plan allows 100 notes, images or links, 10 file uploads and unlimited shared boards. ShopLook fits fashion-focused canvas work and has a free creative canvas, while HomeBoard is a native Apple-oriented option with a 7-day trial on its yearly Pro plan. mood.site suits polished, public-facing boards, including a one-time Premium board purchase. Morpholio Board is an iOS and macOS alternative with paid subscriptions. Mattoboard is worth considering for AI-assisted material boards and offers a free tier with monthly limits. Moodboard provides a free spatial board for teams that want a simpler, general-purpose canvas.

Verdict

Choose Soleil Clusters if your film, photo, design or brand team needs one connected place for visual references, briefs, production files and live review. Its strongest reason to buy is the combination of collaborative canvas, document context and developer access. Look elsewhere if importing existing boards is essential or if your library must remain within a free plan’s 50-card and upload limits.