Bring your own API key
Pro and above. Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google. Free with BYOK on top of your subscription.
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Pro tier and above can route Arqo's AI through your own API key. We don't take a cut.
Setup
1. Account → AI → Provider keys 2. Choose your provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google) 3. Paste your key. We encrypt it at rest with a per-account key we don't hold (see /trust) 4. Toggle "Use my key" — done
Why
You're already paying that provider. No reason to pay us a margin on the same tokens. Your spend, your invoice, your audit trail.
What it doesn't change
The four vows still apply. We don't store your key in plaintext. We don't route prompts through us before sending — your key talks to the provider directly. Refusal is still a feature: BYOK doesn't unlock generation.