Bring your own model key (BYOK)
Use your Anthropic, Vercel AI Gateway, Bedrock or OpenAI-compatible key on any plan.
Every workspace can connect its own model key, on every plan including Cloud Free. You pay the model provider directly, and qaitai bills BYOK minutes at 0.15× (a $0.03/min platform fee on Pro), or 0.10× ($0.02/min) when you also bring your own browser key.
Supported providers
- Vercel AI Gateway (provider fallbacks and spend tracking)
- Anthropic
- Amazon Bedrock
- Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (vLLM, Ollama, Azure)
Connect a key
- Open Settings → Models in your workspace (admins only).
- Choose the provider and paste the key (for OpenAI-compatible endpoints, also the base URL).
- Pick BYOK as the key mode for runs.
Keys are envelope-encrypted per workspace (AES-256-GCM, a fresh data key per value, bound to your workspace) and decrypted only for the run that needs them. Only a 4-character hint is stored in the clear.
No silent fallback
A BYOK run never silently falls back to qaitai's keys. Falling back is an explicit opt-in.
Your own browser
Connect a Steel or Browserbase key under Settings → Browsers to run on your own browser account; BYOK minutes then count 0.10×.
Self-hosted and CLI
On your own instance, the instance-wide key (AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY) is used for
"managed" runs, and workspaces can still add their own. The CLI always uses the key in
your environment.