Setup
Choose the AIGIS boundary before you connect the first system.
Start with a free evaluation workspace. Choose AIGIS-hosted, split into a hybrid control plane, or run customer-hosted inside your environment. Paid activation begins only after the runtime, secrets, audit, and connector boundary is clear.
Selected path
AIGIS-hosted
Request an AIGIS-hosted activation; runtime work starts only after paid approval.
Runtime
Governed
Secrets
AIGIS-managed vault after activation; customer owns production model keys
Audit
AIGIS-managed audit trail after activation
First value
After paid activation
Setup paths
Pick the paid activation path that matches the buyer.
Start with the operating boundary: who runs the runtime, who holds secrets and model keys, and where audit evidence needs to land.
Paid activation
AIGIS-hosted
Teams that want Governed to operate the control plane
Governed can operate the AIGIS console, metadata store, runtime, API endpoint, and connector orchestration after a paid SOW or activation deposit. Your business systems and production model keys remain customer-owned.
- Paid commercial activation first
- BYO production model keys
- Runtime provisioned after approval
Paid hybrid activation
Hybrid
Growing or regulated teams
Governed can operate the public experience and customer portal after paid approval while your runtime, secrets, and data-touching connectors stay in your environment.
- Customer-hosted MCP runtime
- BYO production model keys
- Optional audit replication
Paid private activation
Customer-hosted
Large enterprise, VPC, private cloud, or on-prem
After paid approval, your team hosts the AIGIS console, governance engine, database, secrets vault, connector runtime, logs, and optional knowledge indexes.
- Dedicated runtime boundary
- Customer-managed database and audit store
- Deployment kit and upgrade path
Deployment comparison
What changes by deployment mode
The product surface is the same. The paid activation step, operating boundary, secrets model, and rollout effort change.
| Path | Best for | Runtime | Secrets | Effort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIGIS-hosted | Teams that want Governed to operate the control plane | Governed | AIGIS-managed vault after activation; customer owns production model keys | Commercial approval, activation call, credentials, rollout |
| Hybrid | Growing or regulated teams | Customer cloud | Customer vault; customer owns production model keys | Deploy runtime, connect systems, configure audit export |
| Customer-hosted | Large enterprise, VPC, private cloud, or on-prem | Customer VPC or private cloud | Customer vault; customer owns production model keys | Deployment kit, runbook, security review, controlled rollout |