Bring Your Own Key BYOK is The Best Way to use AI

[devise]

Probably like a lot of you I've been experimenting with AI tools.

It gets expensive quickly though. Everyone wants $50 a month for a simple ChatGPT wrapper. What's the solution to this?

Bring Your Own Key (BYOK). I've recently learned how much more cost effective it is to buy OpenAI credits directly and use these.

The best part? You get much better output at a lower cost.

These AI writers and other image generation tools have insane markups.

OpenAI isn't the only AI model, Claude is another I've been using.

If you want to save money I recommend not overpaying for these AI wrappers. Go direct and buy the AI credits directly.

Haven't played with Gemini Pro but that is another AI where I'd recommend going direct with.

 

[DanielB]

What exactly do you mean by a BYOK tool? Just using chat gpt (or Claude) natively?

 

[bernard]

https://openrouter.ai/ is your solution.

 

[devise]

Yes, I use tools such as TypingMind and BYOK to it.

It's much less expensive to buy credits directly and use these AI models with BYOK tools.

Most of the the AI writers and image generators are just OpenAI wrappers charging a huge markup.

What exactly do you mean by a BYOK tool? Just using chat gpt (or Claude) natively?

 

[Darth]

TypingMind looks interesting - thanks.

And yes, 100% bring your own key is the way to go, cheaper, more control, no restrictions.