Run AI without blind spots
Make AI agent execution observable, governable, and reliable
Why R9S ? Four pillars for Reliable AI operations
R9S combines connectivity, routing, observability, and governance so teams can move from AI experimentation to reliable production operations.
Universal Connectivity
One API for 40+ providers with native passthrough and OpenAI-compatible layers for zero-friction onboarding.
Deep Observability
Turn AI execution from black box to white box with request-level tracing, exact token billing, and real-time latency monitoring.
Smart Routing & Resilience
Dynamic fallback, latency-and cost-based routing, and zero-downtime config updates help maintain 99.9% uptime.
Enterprise Governance
Empower your team with professional-grade organization management. Our suite of administrative tools provides the precision, financial oversight, and seamless workflow required to scale AI operations with confidence.
Two Ways to start with R9S
Choose the path that fits your workflow. Connect your coding agent, or call the API directly from your app
For APPs & Workflows
Plug R9S into the tools,
USE immediately
Use R9S inside your coding assistant or agent workflow so every request routes through one gateway without changing the way you build.
Add your key
Use your R9S API key in the agent or SDK config.
Point the agent at R9S
Replace the base URL and keep your familiar OpenAI-style flow.
from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI( base_url="https://api.r9s.ai/v1", api_key="YOUR_R9S_API_KEY", )
For Code Agents
# Configure R9S as your AI gateway $ export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.r9s.ai $ export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-xxxxx # Launch Claude Code $ claude ╭─── Claude Code v2.1.107 ──────────────────────────────────────╮ │ │ Tips for getting │ │ Welcome back! │ started │ │ │ Run /init to create … │ │ ▐▛███▜▌ │ Note: You have launch…│ │ ▝▜█████▛▘ │ ───────────────────── │ │ ▘▘ ▝▝ │ Recent activity │ │ │ No recent activity │ │ Sonnet 4.6 · API Usage Billing │ │ ╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ❯ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ? for shortcuts Not logged in · Run /loginStart with Claude
Transparent Pricing,
Predictable Spend.
Pay As You Go uses prepaid credits.
Enterprise supports invoicing, annual commits, and custom commercial terms.
Pay As You Go
Select PlanPrepaid credits for teams that want to ship quickly without a monthly commitment.
Best For:
- Production projects
- Indie devs and startups
- Fast iteration & scaling
What's included:
- Access to all supported models
- From $5 prepaid credits
- 5% service fee for routing and control
- Unified billing and usage visibility
- Regional routing on supported plans
- Priority support when you need it
Enterprise
Contact salesCustom pricing for high-volume and regulated use.
Best For:
- High-volume production workloads
- Custom infrastructure and routing
- Enterprise & regulated teams
What's included:
- Dedicated servers
- Custom / private models
- Unlimited RPM & TPM
- Extended retention and data storage
- SSO / SAML and procurement support
- Dedicated Slack channel and implementation help
Join the R9S community
Trusted by independent developers, startups, and enterprises building AI products that scale.
Real feedback
from our community.
Here's what developers and teams have to say about building with R9S.
Alex Chen
Independent Developer
"I cut my API costs by 55% in the first month. R9S automatically routes my requests to the most cost-effective models without sacrificing quality. Game changer for bootstrapped startups like mine."
Sarah Patel
CTO, Early-stage AI startup
"We needed multi-model routing with 99.9% uptime. R9S delivered both. Our response times dropped 40%, and we've never had a fallback failure. It's become mission-critical to our product."
Nina Petrov
AI Developer, Gaming
"Real-time AI in games demands speed and reliability. R9S cut our latency by 35% and improved consistency. Our game AI now feels way more responsive. Players can't tell we're using external APIs."
Kevin Liu
Full-Stack Developer
"R9S gave us one API for every model we wanted to test. We stopped wasting time on provider-specific glue code and finally focused on shipping product instead of maintaining integrations."
Matt Reeves
Senior Backend Developer
"I was building my own model router with Redis queues and fallback chains. Took me 3 weeks and it still broke randomly. Replaced everything with R9S in an afternoon. Deleted 2,000 lines of infrastructure code."
Emma Rodriguez
Senior AI Engineer
"Cost visibility alone is worth it. We can see exactly which models we're using, where the money goes, and which routes are most efficient. Finally have data to optimize our AI spending."
Priya Singh
CTO, FinTech
"In fintech, downtime costs real money. R9S's automatic failover means we never lose a request. It's the most reliable API layer we've ever used. Peace of mind is priceless."
James Wilson
Founder, SaaS
"Switched to R9S and immediately saw margin improvement. Spent less on APIs, delivered faster, got better customer satisfaction scores. Best infrastructure decision we made all year."
Tom Harris
Indie Maker
"As a solo dev shipping AI features, I don't have time to build retry logic, failover, and rate limit handling. R9S handles all of that out of the box. I just send requests and things work. That's it."
Robert Brown
Enterprise Architect
"Managing 20+ different API integrations was a nightmare. R9S unified everything into one control plane. Our ops team went from chaos to clarity. Single pane of glass for all AI spending."
David Kim
Product Manager, AI/Creative
"Our clients are spread across 5 continents. R9S's global routing ensures low-latency responses everywhere. We went from 'sorry, slow in Asia' to consistent 200ms globally. Clients noticed."
Alex Chen
Independent Developer
"I cut my API costs by 55% in the first month. R9S automatically routes my requests to the most cost-effective models without sacrificing quality. Game changer for bootstrapped startups like mine."
Sarah Patel
CTO, Early-stage AI startup
"We needed multi-model routing with 99.9% uptime. R9S delivered both. Our response times dropped 40%, and we've never had a fallback failure. It's become mission-critical to our product."
Nina Petrov
AI Developer, Gaming
"Real-time AI in games demands speed and reliability. R9S cut our latency by 35% and improved consistency. Our game AI now feels way more responsive. Players can't tell we're using external APIs."
Kevin Liu
Full-Stack Developer
"R9S gave us one API for every model we wanted to test. We stopped wasting time on provider-specific glue code and finally focused on shipping product instead of maintaining integrations."
Matt Reeves
Senior Backend Developer
"I was building my own model router with Redis queues and fallback chains. Took me 3 weeks and it still broke randomly. Replaced everything with R9S in an afternoon. Deleted 2,000 lines of infrastructure code."
Emma Rodriguez
Senior AI Engineer
"Cost visibility alone is worth it. We can see exactly which models we're using, where the money goes, and which routes are most efficient. Finally have data to optimize our AI spending."
Priya Singh
CTO, FinTech
"In fintech, downtime costs real money. R9S's automatic failover means we never lose a request. It's the most reliable API layer we've ever used. Peace of mind is priceless."
James Wilson
Founder, SaaS
"Switched to R9S and immediately saw margin improvement. Spent less on APIs, delivered faster, got better customer satisfaction scores. Best infrastructure decision we made all year."
Tom Harris
Indie Maker
"As a solo dev shipping AI features, I don't have time to build retry logic, failover, and rate limit handling. R9S handles all of that out of the box. I just send requests and things work. That's it."
Robert Brown
Enterprise Architect
"Managing 20+ different API integrations was a nightmare. R9S unified everything into one control plane. Our ops team went from chaos to clarity. Single pane of glass for all AI spending."
David Kim
Product Manager, AI/Creative
"Our clients are spread across 5 continents. R9S's global routing ensures low-latency responses everywhere. We went from 'sorry, slow in Asia' to consistent 200ms globally. Clients noticed."
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Frequently
asked questions
Answers to the questions teams usually ask before they start routing traffic through R9S.
R9S is a routing, observability, and governance layer for teams building production AI products, internal copilots, and multi-step agent workflows.
You can start with a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint and make your first request in minutes. As usage grows, you can add routing, visibility, and operational controls without rebuilding each integration.
Yes. In most cases, you only need to update the base URL, API key, and model name to connect existing OpenAI-compatible SDKs, tools, and internal workflows to R9S.
Create an API key in the R9S dashboard, then add R9S as a custom OpenAI-compatible provider in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json with baseUrl set to https://api.r9s.ai/v1 and your API key. After that, point agents.defaults.model.primary to the R9S model you want to use.
Because once AI agents become multi-step and autonomous, observability stops being a nice-to-have. It becomes the foundation for debugging, auditability, cost control, and SLA management.