- Transparent cost: model fees are charged directly by your AI provider with no platform markup — the provider bill is the real cost.
- Model freedom: different tasks can bind different providers and models, avoiding lock-in to a single model.
- Swap anytime: adding, rotating and deleting keys is fully in your hands — no support ticket required.
Feature / BYOK & Security
Your keys, our protection
Adopting an AI writing platform always comes down to two authorizations: your AI provider API key, and publish access to your sites. AI Publish answers both with BYOK plus a complete key-protection and permission-boundary model.
Why bring your own key
How keys are protected
- Encrypted at rest: API keys are stored encrypted and never echoed in full anywhere in the interface.
- Rotatable and revocable: rotating a key never disturbs the configuration snapshots of past tasks; deleting a key immediately stops all calls that used it.
- Audited: every key configuration and change lands in the audit log.
Full encryption, request-signing and incident-response details are in the Security Center.
Connector permission boundaries
The connector you upload to the site root does exactly one thing: relay publish requests between the platform and your CMS under strict controls.
- Signed, timestamped requests: the connector verifies signatures and timestamps, rejecting replayed or forged requests.
- Limited operation scope: connectors only perform article-related publish actions, never touching other site data.
- Removable at any time: deleting the site or removing the connector cuts off all access — no usable publish channel remains on the platform side.
Data retention and deletion
- Clear data flows: article content is generated by the model you configure, scheduled by the platform and published to your site. See the data processing notice.
- Deletion on demand: keys, site connections and historical tasks can all be deleted, after which a cleanup process takes over.
- Plan expiry: post-expiry retention periods and backup cleanup rules are documented item by item in the privacy policy.
FAQ
- Can administrators see my key? No — keys are encrypted and never echoed, including in the admin console.
- Does rotating a key affect running tasks? No. Running tasks use the snapshot captured at submission; new tasks pick up the new key afterward.
- What about provider data policies? Your key interacts with the model provider directly, so the provider's data terms govern that relationship; the platform-side data scope is documented in the privacy policy.
Your keys, our protection
Adopting an AI writing platform always comes down to two authorizations: your AI provider API key, and publish access to your sites. AI Publish answers both with BYOK plus a complete key-protection and permission-boundary model.