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What BYOK Means, In Plain English

Most SEO tools resell AI capacity to you with a margin on top, which is why they need a subscription and a trial wall. BYOK removes the middle layer: you bring your own model key, the tool runs in your browser, and nobody has to charge you for tokens they did not buy.

Step by step

  1. 1

    You create a key with a model provider

    Groq, Gemini, OpenAI, OpenRouter or a local Ollama install. Free tiers exist at several of them.

  2. 2

    The key stays on your device

    GetSEO saves it in your browser's local storage. There is no account and no server-side copy.

  3. 3

    Your browser calls the model directly

    Page content and the model response travel between you and your provider. The audit never round trips through us.

  4. 4

    You pay your provider, not a subscription

    Usually nothing, because free tiers cover normal use. When you do pay, it is cents per audit at provider list price.

  5. 5

    Your reports stay yours

    Audits are stored locally in your browser too, so a report you ran is visible only on the device that ran it.

Use your key in GetSEO

Open the settings drawer from the top bar, add the key, and it is saved in your browser only. You can add several keys and GetSEO will fail over between them automatically.

Worth knowing

  • No trial wall, no seat pricing, no data retention on our side, because there is nothing to retain.
  • The tradeoff is setup: you have to create a key once.
  • Clearing browser data clears your keys and your saved audits, so export anything you want to keep.

Troubleshooting

ProblemFix
Reports missing on another deviceStorage is per browser and per device by design. Run again or export the PDF.
Worried about key safetySet a provider spend cap and use a key dedicated to this tool. See the security guide.
Do not want to create any keyInstall Ollama and point GetSEO at localhost. No provider account is involved at all.

Keep reading

API key security best practicesCaps, scoping and rotation done right.Free Semrush alternativeHow a BYOK audit compares with a subscription suite.Run a free website auditPut your new key to work and get a full growth report in a couple of minutes.

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