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Help with StartOS, StartWRT, StartTunnel and Start9 hardware: free from the community, from the Start9 team when you want it, and around the clock for companies.

Three tiers of support

Start free. Add the Start9 team when you want them. If you run a company, hire us outright.

  1. Community

    For everyone

    Free

    • Documentation for every product at docs.start9.com
    • The community forum
    • Help with Community Registry services on the forum
  2. Premium Support

    For self-hosters on any hardware

    $200 a year

    • Everything in Community
    • A private support portal
    • 24/7 help from Dux, Start9's AI support technician
    • The Start9 team in your chat when you ask
    • Pseudonymous: your real name is never asked for

    Server One and the RISC-V Router each include a year.

  3. Start9 Business

    For companies of roughly 20 to 50 people

    $20,000 a year

    • A free assessment, deployment and training
    • 24/7/365 support
    • A named account manager who knows your setup
    • Private, encrypted rooms on Start9's Matrix server
Premium Support is best effort, as our capacity allows, with no guaranteed response time. Anyone who bought a support membership or Start9 hardware before the subscription was introduced keeps their membership.

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The terms behind every Start9 purchase, in plain text.

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For anything that isn't a support question. We reply by email within 24 hours.

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