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# Choose your path

Pick the Stratix entry point that fits what you're trying to do.

| If you...                                            | Start here                                                                                                                        |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ...want to know which model is best at X             | [Stratix Public](/2.-get-started/public.md)                                                                                       |
| ...want to compare two models head-to-head           | [Stratix Public — Compare two models](/2.-get-started/compare-two-models.md)                                                      |
| ...want to run a private evaluation on your own data | [Stratix Premium — Sign up](/2.-get-started/sign-up.md) → [First evaluation](/2.-get-started/first-evaluation.md)                 |
| ...want to build an LLM judge                        | [Stratix Premium — First judge](/2.-get-started/first-judge.md)                                                                   |
| ...want to upload a trace and score it               | [Stratix Premium — First trace](/2.-get-started/first-trace.md)                                                                   |
| ...want to integrate evaluations into code or CI/CD  | [SDK quickstart](/2.-get-started/sdk.md)                                                                                          |
| ...are setting up for a team                         | [Stratix Premium — Sign up](/2.-get-started/sign-up.md) and [Personalized onboarding](/2.-get-started/personalized-onboarding.md) |
| ...just want to test your AI quickly                 | [Stratix Public — Test your AI](/2.-get-started/test-your-ai.md)                                                                  |

## All three at once

Many teams use all three surfaces. A typical first day looks like:

1. **Public** — research the catalog, shortlist candidate models.
2. **Premium** — sign up, run a private evaluation against your data on the shortlist.
3. **SDK** — wire the winning evaluation into your code or CI gate.

You can switch between Public and Premium with the **Switch toggle** in the Premium top bar.

## Common pitfalls

* **Skipping the Public catalog and going straight to Premium.** You'll waste ECU running candidates that public scores would have ruled out.
* **Building a judge before you have a labeled set.** Judges only work as well as the labels you tune them against. Even 30 labels makes a meaningful difference.
* **Wiring CI gates before you've run the eval interactively.** Start in the Premium UI; promote to CI once you trust the result.

## Where to next

* [Stratix Public quickstart](/2.-get-started/public.md)
* [Stratix Premium quickstart](/2.-get-started/premium.md)
* [SDK quickstart](/2.-get-started/sdk.md)