Independent field review · We ran the 14-day trial

AI Secrets Challenge 2026 Is Closed. Get the 14-Day MarketingSecrets.AI Trial Free

The AI Secrets Challenge was a free 5-day live workshop from Russell Brunson and Todd Dickerson. The last cohort ended August 14, 2026, and no new dates are announced. Every session ran inside one piece of software, MarketingSecrets.AI. You can still use it free for 14 days: $0 today, then $97/month if you keep it.

This is not the official page. We sat through the April 27 to May 1 cohort, ran the 14-day trial and kept the subscription. This page tells you what the trial gives you, what it costs on day 15 and how to cancel. The full challenge review is still here too.

Trial tested · Subscription kept

In plain English

What the 14-day trial gives you

The trial opens Marketing Secrets Core, the same plan the challenge ran on. You get the Chief of Staff agent we configured live on Day 1. It learns your business once, then every other tool starts with that context. You also get Funnel Oracle, which drafts a funnel, traffic plan and offer stack from a product and an avatar. We tested it in three niches. Two answers were usable on the first pass.

The plan also carries the Influencer Secrets (Dream 100) software, 1,800+ of Russell's trainings and the Backstage Pass community. The full feature list and our scores are in the MarketingSecrets.AI review.

You pay $0 today. Checkout asks for a card. On day 15 the plan bills $97/month until you cancel. To cancel, open the Billing tab and click Cancel subscription, or email support@marketingsecrets.com.

Who should try it: operators with an offer who already pay for ChatGPT or Claude and copy the same brand brief into every tool. Who should skip it: beginners with no offer, and anyone who needs a model other than Claude. The worth-it page has the full decision.

The four AI marketing agents from the AI Secrets Challenge: traffic, sales, conversions and revenue, all inside MarketingSecrets.AI — The four marketing agents from Day 2 live inside the trial: traffic, sales, conversions, revenue

Short answers, full pages

Every question about the trial and the challenge, answered in one line

Each answer below is the short version. The linked page has the screenshots, the numbers and the reasoning.

Cost

Is the trial really free?

Yes for 14 days. You enter a card, pay $0 today, and the plan bills $97/month from day 15 unless you cancel. Every fee is on the price page.

Software

Is MarketingSecrets.AI worth $97 a month?

For operators who use the agents every week, yes. We kept it after our trial. As a forgotten subscription, no. Our 14-day review scores it 4.2/5.

Cancel

How do I cancel before I pay?

Billing tab, Cancel subscription, confirm. Do it by day 14 and you pay nothing. The refund page has the steps and the email fallback.

Trial

What was the old VIP upgrade?

The challenge gave the same 14-day trial as a $0 VIP add-on. The trial now has its own checkout, so you no longer need a cohort to get it.

Challenge

Was the AI Secrets Challenge any good?

Yes. About 80% teaching and 20% pitch. We rated it 4.6/5 after five days. The review shows what each day built inside the software.

Legit?

Is it legit or a scam?

Yes. The ClickFunnels co-founders built it, and we still pay for it. The one complaint we see is from people who forgot the trial and got billed $97, so set a day-12 reminder.

Bonuses

Which bonuses are in the trial?

Funnel Oracle, the training vault, Influencer Secrets and the Backstage Pass. The live-week replays and VIP Zoom room ended with the cohort.

Platinum

What about the $2,997 Platinum offer?

It was sold only during the live week. Try the $97 plan first. Platinum only made sense for operators with paid traffic and 30 days to implement.

How the 14 days play out

The trial, day by day, the way we ran it

Day 0. Start the trial. Checkout takes a card and charges $0. Put a reminder in your calendar for day 12.

Days 1 to 3. Set up the Chief of Staff agent. Give it your offer, avatar and brand voice once. This is the Day 1 build from the challenge.

Days 4 to 11. Run real work through it: one email sequence, one funnel draft in Funnel Oracle, one week of social posts. Compare the output with what you get from ChatGPT or Claude today.

Day 12. Decide. If the agents replaced tools or hours you already pay for, keep it. If you opened it twice, cancel.

Day 14. Last day to cancel at $0. Billing tab, Cancel subscription, confirm.

Day 15. The first $97 charge runs, then monthly until you cancel. There is no annual contract.

Our verdict: the trial costs nothing if you respect the day-14 deadline, so try it on real work before you judge it. Start the free 14-day trial, or read the trial review first.

Receipts

We didn’t review this from the sales page

Four screenshots from our own seat in the April 27 to May 1 cohort and our own MarketingSecrets.AI account. More on the review page and the about page.

Our logged-in Day 1 live session registration for the AI Secrets Challenge — DAY 1 · Our live-session registration, logged in on opening day

Our logged-in MarketingSecrets.AI dashboard used during the challenge — SOFTWARE · Inside our own MarketingSecrets.AI account during the week

Day 2 curriculum screen from inside the AI Secrets Challenge — DAY 2 · Building the four marketing agents, as shown live

The VIP upgrade button shown to attendees during the challenge — UPSELL · The VIP upgrade prompt attendees saw, which started the same 14-day trial

The five days

What each challenge day built in the software

The cohort is over, but every build below runs inside the trial. One line per day, each linked to our full recap.

Day 01Attended

The Seven-Figure AI Shortcut

The Chief of Staff agent gets configured live. This session did most of the convincing.

Day 1 recap →

Day 02Attended

The Billion Dollar Breakthrough

Four marketing agents get built. The $2,997 Platinum offer is pitched for the first time.

Day 2 recap →

Day 03Attended

The One-Person Marketing Machine

Email frameworks and funnel hacking with AI. The email demo crashed twice on camera.

Day 3 recap →

Day 04Attended

Building Software With AI

Todd builds working software with no code. Homework was assigned on Lovable, not Overskill.

Day 4 recap →

Day 05Attended

Your AI Side Hustle

Five ways to monetize the week, plus the final Platinum re-offer.

Day 5 recap →

Who’s teaching

Your hosts for the five days

Strategy · Story · AI — Co-founder of ClickFunnels

Russell Brunson

Co-founder of ClickFunnels and author of DotCom Secrets, Expert Secrets, and Traffic Secrets. Handles the strategy and storytelling half of the week. We reviewed his other programs on the Russell Brunson reviews hub.

CTO/CPO · Tech AI — Co-founder of ClickFunnels

Todd Dickerson

Co-founder of ClickFunnels and the lead technical architect behind the platform. Has spent the last two years wiring AI agents into ClickFunnels’ own internal operations. He runs the hands-on build sessions.

Quick answers

MarketingSecrets.AI trial and AI Secrets Challenge FAQ

Is the MarketingSecrets.AI trial actually free?

Yes, for 14 days. Checkout asks for a card and charges $0. From day 15 the Marketing Secrets Core plan bills $97/month until you cancel. Cancel in the Billing tab before day 15 and you pay nothing.

When does the next AI Secrets Challenge run?

No new cohort is announced. The last one ran August 10 to 14, 2026. You do not need a cohort to use the software: the 14-day trial now has its own checkout.

What do I get in the trial?

Marketing Secrets Core: the Chief of Staff agent, Funnel Oracle, the Influencer Secrets (Dream 100) software, 1,800+ trainings and the Backstage Pass community. It runs on Anthropic's Claude.

Is it legit?

Yes. MarketingSecrets.AI is built by Russell Brunson and Todd Dickerson, the co-founders of ClickFunnels, and billed through ClickFunnels. We ran the trial and still pay for it. The usual complaint is a forgotten trial that billed $97, so set a day-12 reminder.

Do I need ClickFunnels or technical skills?

No. You do not need a ClickFunnels account, and there is no coding. You set up the agents by describing your business in plain English.

Can I still watch the challenge replays?

No. The encore replays ended with the cohort. The trainings that the five days drew on are in the 1,800+ training library inside the trial.

Missed the challenge? The software it ran on is free for 14 days.

We sat through the five days and kept the subscription. Start the trial, set up the Chief of Staff agent this week, and decide on day 12.

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