BYOK AI writer · bring your own API key
Bring your own API key and pay the provider, not a markup.
Most AI writing tools resell tokens in credit packs. Structura connects your own OpenAI, Gemini or Anthropic key — encrypted at rest — and bills nothing for the AI. You pay the provider at list price, typically $5–15 a month for daily publishing. Research, the SEO protocol, images and scheduling are the plugin's job.
Free plan · No credit card · Your API keys, your data
BYOK AI cost, at provider rates
What daily publishing costs when nobody marks up tokens.
Credit packs hide the price of a post. A provider invoice doesn't.
- Credit-pack AI writer
- $49–99/mofor a capped number of words or credits
- Your API bill on BYOK
- $5–15/moat OpenAI, Gemini or Anthropic list prices, publishing daily
- AI markup
- 0%Structura never resells tokens
Free and BYOK plans: bring your own OpenAI, Gemini or Claude key. Cloud plans include managed AI if you'd rather not hold a key at all.
BYOK vs. credit-based AI writers
Two ways to pay for AI. Only one of them is transparent.
Credits are a markup with a friendlier name. Bring-your-own-key means the model bill is between you and the provider, and the software fee is the software fee.
Who bills the AI
Credit-based AI writer
The tool, in credits
Structura BYOK
Your provider, at cost
Price per post
Credit-based AI writer
Whatever the credit pack implies
Structura BYOK
Whatever OpenAI, Gemini or Anthropic charge that day
Model choice
Credit-based AI writer
Whatever the tool picked
Structura BYOK
Top or Standard tier on your provider, per campaign
Key storage
Credit-based AI writer
Not applicable
Structura BYOK
AES-256 encrypted at rest
Rate limits and quotas
Credit-based AI writer
The tool's, shared with every customer
Structura BYOK
Your own provider account
Unused credits
Credit-based AI writer
Expire
Structura BYOK
There are none to expire
Switching providers
Credit-based AI writer
Not possible
Structura BYOK
Connect another key, set it as default
| Credit-based AI writer | Structura BYOK | |
|---|---|---|
| Who bills the AI | The tool, in credits | Your provider, at cost |
| Price per post | Whatever the credit pack implies | Whatever OpenAI, Gemini or Anthropic charge that day |
| Model choice | Whatever the tool picked | Top or Standard tier on your provider, per campaign |
| Key storage | Not applicable | AES-256 encrypted at rest |
| Rate limits and quotas | The tool's, shared with every customer | Your own provider account |
| Unused credits | Expire | There are none to expire |
| Switching providers | Not possible | Connect another key, set it as default |
Don't want to hold a key? Cloud includes managed AI that we run for you. Same engine, no key.
Bring your own API key, the whole engine included
BYOK isn't a discount tier. It's the full product with your key in it.
The plan name describes how the AI is billed, not what you get. Everything Structura does on managed plans runs the same way on your key.
Encrypted key storage
Keys are stored AES-256 encrypted and shown nowhere after you paste them. The AI Engine page confirms encryption at rest on every BYOK site.
Provider-cost billing
Every generation call runs against your provider account. The invoice comes from OpenAI, Google or Anthropic, at the price on their pricing page, with no percentage on top.
Top or Standard model tier
Pick the provider's strongest model or its faster, cheaper one — per site by default, per campaign when you want to spend more on the posts that matter.
Several providers, one default
Connect OpenAI, Gemini and Anthropic side by side, choose a default for text and one for images, and switch the default whenever a provider changes its prices.
The same 20+ SEO checks
SERP research, keyphrase coverage, meta fields, readability, link validation — the full protocol runs on BYOK exactly as it does on Cloud.
No shared pool
Your posts are generated under your own provider account and its data terms — not through a shared tenant key you can't see.
Set up a BYOK AI writer in three steps
A key, a paste, a test call.
Create a key at your provider
OpenAI, Google AI Studio or the Anthropic console — a standard API key with a spending limit you set yourself.
Paste it into Structura → AI Engine
Click Set Up on the provider, paste the key, and Structura runs a test call to confirm it works. Pick the Top or Standard model tier and make it the default for text or images.
Run a campaign
Every post from here on is written on your key. Watch the cost on your provider's dashboard; there is nothing to reconcile on ours.
BYOK plan pricing
A flat plugin fee. Zero AI markup.
Start on the Free plan with your own OpenAI, Gemini or Claude key. The BYOK plan adds the SERP engine, authority links, keyword bank and channels — still on your key, still at provider cost.
BYOK
You supply the AI. We supply the engine.
Bring your own API key
Pay your AI provider directly.
Save $36 per site / year
The full publishing engine
- Everything in Free
- SEO, SERP & competitor research
- Keyword Bank and authority links
- All channels and Search Console
- Up to 10 active campaigns
- Priority support
AI usage is billed by your provider.
Cloud
We run the AI. No API keys, no provider bills.
Save $120 per site / year
Included per site, every month
- posts
- 30
- images
- 90
- AI videos
- 10
- Everything in BYOK
- Same AI quality at every volume
- All channels and unlimited campaigns
- Support from the Structura team
Lower rates from your fifth site.
Applicable taxes are calculated at checkout based on your location.
Just want to try it with your own key first? Start on the free plan
Volume pricing
Cloud · 30 posts
Per site / month · billed yearly
- Sites 1–4
- $39
- Sites 5–9
- $34
- Sites 10–24
- $30
- 25+ sites
- Contact sales
Each rate applies to the sites in that bracket.
BYOK FAQ
What people ask about bringing their own key
What does BYOK mean here?
Bring Your Own Key: Structura runs its AI calls on an API key from your own OpenAI, Gemini or Anthropic account. You pay that provider directly for tokens; Structura charges only for the software.
Which providers can I bring?
On every plan that runs on your own key, with or without an account, bring your own OpenAI, Gemini or Claude key. You can connect more than one and choose a default for text and for images. We recommend Claude for text and Gemini for images.
How much does the API actually cost?
For daily publishing with images, typically $5–15 a month at list prices. The exact figure depends on the model tier you choose and how long your posts are; your provider's dashboard shows it to the cent.
Is my key safe?
Keys are encrypted at rest with AES-256, are never displayed again after you save them, and can be revoked at your provider at any moment. Set a monthly spending limit on the provider side as well — it's your account.
Is there a cap on posts?
Free and BYOK include up to 100 posts per site per month — enough for three a day. Cloud includes 30 or 100 posts per site per month, depending on the option you pick.
What if my key hits a rate limit or the provider is down?
The run retries, then stops and logs the error inside wp-admin. Nothing half-written is published. Connect a second provider and set it as default if you want a fallback.
Can I switch to managed AI later?
Yes. Cloud includes managed AI, so no key is required. Campaigns, personas and posts carry over unchanged.
BYOK AI blog writer, free to start
Paste a key. Publish a post. Pay only your provider.
Free plan with your own OpenAI, Gemini or Claude key. Upgrade to BYOK for the full engine — still no markup.