Why BidZero is bring-your-own-key (and never resells AI)
We don’t mark up tokens or lock you to one model. Here is the thinking behind BYOK, and what it means for your cost, control, and privacy.
Priya Anand
CEO & Co-founder
Plenty of tools bundle AI and quietly mark up every token. We chose the opposite: BidZero is bring-your-own-key, and your AI usage is billed by your provider, never by us.
What BYOK gets you
- Cost control: you pay provider rates directly, with no middleman margin.
- Model freedom: pick the best Scoring and Proposal models for your budget, and switch any time.
- Privacy: your keys are validated live, encrypted at rest, and the secret is never shown again.
Add a key for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenRouter, Perplexity, DeepSeek, xAI, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Set a default Scoring and Proposal model, and every new account you connect starts ready to bid.
Put this into practice
Connect your Freelancer account and let BidZero draft your next proposal.
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