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# BYOK (bring your own key)

> Using your own API key and contract with an AI or cloud provider inside third-party software.

Also known as: BYOK, bring your own key. Category: Software.

Bring your own key (BYOK) means that a customer supplies their own API key for a service, such as an AI model provider, instead of using the software vendor's account. Data and costs then run under the customer's own contract and security policies.

## How PhotoRobot uses it

PhotoRobot Intelligence supports BYOK in PhotoRobot Controls with OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI (Gemini) and GitHub Models. Customers pay for computing directly to their provider at their negotiated rates; PhotoRobot states it charges no data brokering fees.

## See on photorobot.com

- [Bring your own key to PI](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/byok-photorobot-intelligence)

## Related terms

- [PhotoRobot Intelligence (PI)](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/photorobot-intelligence): The AI layer in PhotoRobot Controls for capture quality control, metadata, visual questions and edits.
- [API (application programming interface)](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/api): A defined interface through which one piece of software can use the functions or data of another.

## Where this term appears on photorobot.com

Mentioned on 3 pages. Most relevant:

- [Bring Your Own Key to Master the PI (π) Infrastructure](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/byok-photorobot-intelligence): Bring your own key to the PhotoRobot Intelligence (π) software suite for full organization-level control meeting the highest enterprise standards.
- [PhotoRobot System Integration & Rich API Connectivity](https://www.photorobot.com/manuals/system-integration): If introducing artificial intelligence models into workflows via API, there is the PhotoRobot Intelligence (PI, π) BYOK infrastructure.
- [Macro PI - From Assistant to Fully Automated Pipeline](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/macro-pi-action): Then, stay tuned for the next part of our coverage on PI (π): How to integrate your own PI model (BYOK).