Understanding BYOK vs. FuseIQ Managed Keys
Learn the difference between Bring-Your-Own-Key and FuseIQ Managed Keys, and how to toggle between them in Settings.
FuseIQ supports two key management modes. Choose the one that fits your security, compliance, and operational needs. You can manage this in Settings → Providers.
BYOK (Bring Your Own Key)
BYOK means you supply your own API keys for each LLM provider. FuseIQ never stores your raw keys — they're encrypted at rest and used only for inference calls.
✅ Advantages
- Full control over provider keys
- No per-token markup from FuseIQ
- Direct provider billing
- Auditable key usage per provider
⚠️ Considerations
- Requires managing multiple keys
- Shared credit pool not available
- Rate limits per individual key
FuseIQ Managed Keys
Managed Keys use FuseIQ's pooled provider accounts. You get a unified credit balance that works across all supported LLMs. No individual provider keys needed. A $50/month cost capis enforced by default — you can adjust this in Settings.
✅ Advantages
- Single credit balance for all providers
- Simpler setup — no individual keys
- Pre-negotiated rate tiers
- $50/month auto-cap with toggle
- Usage logging included
⚠️ Considerations
- Slight per-token markup (covers overhead)
- Less granular provider control
Supported Providers
Both BYOK and Managed modes support the following providers:
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- Grok (xAI)
- Kimi (Moonshot AI)
- Perplexity
- Manus
- Custom / Self-hosted
Current Managed Rates (per 1K tokens)
Managed key rates are competitive and pre-negotiated. Current pricing:
- OpenAI — $0.03/1K in / $0.06/1K out
- Anthropic — $0.015/1K in / $0.075/1K out
- Google — $0.01/1K in / $0.04/1K out
- Kimi — $0.008/1K in / $0.032/1K out
- Grok — $0.015/1K in / $0.05/1K out
- Perplexity — $0.02/1K in / $0.08/1K out