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AISIX Cloud

AISIX Cloud is API7's commercial offering for centrally managing AISIX gateways across teams and environments. Its management layer stays separate from the live AI traffic path, so organizations can govern their gateway fleets without routing model traffic through the control plane.

AISIX gateways run in your environment and connect to the control plane for configuration delivery and operational reporting. Live AI traffic passes through those gateways rather than through the control plane or API7.

Deployment Options​

AISIX Cloud has two deployment options: On-Premises and Hybrid Cloud. Both use the same resource model and gateway workflow. In both options, you configure gateway resources through the dashboard or AISIX Cloud Admin API and operate the AISIX gateways in your infrastructure. The options differ in who deploys and operates the control-plane services and where control-plane data is stored.

  • On-Premises: You deploy and operate the control-plane services in your infrastructure, including in fully air-gapped environments. Try it locally with the AISIX Cloud Quickstart.
  • Hybrid Cloud: API7 manages the deployment and operation of the control-plane services. Hybrid Cloud is not currently available through public self-service registration. Contact API7 to request a trial or demo.

How AISIX Cloud Works​

The control plane provides centralized resource management, certificate issuance, access governance, usage and cost controls, and visibility into gateway health. AISIX gateways serve as the data plane and handle application traffic directly.

AISIX Cloud management capabilities and live AI traffic through AISIX gateways

Each gateway initiates outbound mTLS connections to the control plane to receive configuration updates, report health and usage, and request budget decisions. During temporary connectivity loss, the gateway continues serving its latest accepted configuration.

For model traffic, the gateway applies routing, reliability controls, policy enforcement, and observability before forwarding requests to model APIs. The gateway can also proxy MCP and A2A traffic.

Manage AISIX Cloud​

The dashboard is the browser interface for the control plane. Use it for interactive tasks such as managing organizations and environments, issuing gateway certificates, and reviewing usage.

For automation, use the operations documented in the AISIX Cloud Admin API Reference. The reference is the supported public API contract; a dashboard workflow does not necessarily have a corresponding public API operation. Changes to gateway resources made through either supported interface are stored by the control plane and projected to gateways attached to the affected environment.

Next Steps​

Continue with Organizations and Environments to understand how AISIX Cloud scopes resources, access, and gateways.