BYOK (Bring Your Own Key)
A pricing model where you pay a flat platform fee and bring your own API key for the underlying AI provider, paying that provider directly for usage.
BYOK stands for Bring Your Own Key. Instead of bundling AI costs into the subscription price, the platform charges a flat fee for the product itself and asks you to plug in your own API key for the AI provider — in Specsight’s case, Anthropic. Usage is billed by the provider directly, at their published rates.
The model has two advantages. You see the actual AI cost rather than a hidden margin, and you are not capped at a per-month usage tier — your only ceiling is what you choose to spend with the provider. The trade-off is that you take on the operational work of managing the key and watching the bill.
Specsight offers a BYOK plan at €49/month plus your Anthropic API key. It lifts the five-Project cap that exists on the Standard plan — the per-Project codebase ceiling (10,000 source files, 150 MB) is the same on both. The right fit for teams running more than five projects, or for engineers who already have an Anthropic account and would rather see the AI cost directly.
Related terms
- OPERATION
Full Analysis
The initial scan of an entire codebase that produces the first version of a Specsight spec. From then on, only Release Syncs are needed.
- OPERATION
Release Sync
The release-triggered update that keeps a Specsight spec in sync with the codebase. Fires automatically every time code lands on the tracked branch.
- OPERATION
Project
A connected codebase in Specsight, scoped to one Organisation. Every Feature, Scenario, and changelog entry belongs to exactly one Project.