AI Providers & BYOK
AI Providers & BYOK: in-depth guides and practical workflows from BeKnow.

OpenRouter vs a direct model API: which should you use?
Provider concepts remain useful, but earlier instructions for BeKnow’s SEO, writing, image or AI-visibility screens no longer describe the current public product. Saving a provider key does not enable those retired workflows.
How to generate blog images with OpenRouter and BeKnow — current scope
Provider concepts remain useful, but earlier instructions for BeKnow’s SEO, writing, image or AI-visibility screens no longer describe the current public product. Saving a provider key does not enable those retired workflows. The current public product focuses on project memory, evidence and decisions. The previous built-in writing and publishing pipeline is not available. Use your chosen editor or AI for content production.
How to choose an OpenRouter model for BeKnow — current scope
Provider concepts remain useful, but earlier instructions for BeKnow’s SEO, writing, image or AI-visibility screens no longer describe the current public product. Saving a provider key does not enable those retired workflows.
How to connect Firecrawl to BeKnow — current scope
Provider concepts remain useful, but earlier instructions for BeKnow’s SEO, writing, image or AI-visibility screens no longer describe the current public product. Saving a provider key does not enable those retired workflows.
How to connect DataForSEO to BeKnow — current scope
Provider concepts remain useful, but earlier instructions for BeKnow’s SEO, writing, image or AI-visibility screens no longer describe the current public product. Saving a provider key does not enable those retired workflows.

OpenRouter Cost Control for AI SEO Workflows
Provider concepts remain useful, but earlier instructions for BeKnow’s SEO, writing, image or AI-visibility screens no longer describe the current public product. Saving a provider key does not enable those retired workflows.

What is Firecrawl and when does BeKnow need it?
Provider concepts remain useful, but earlier instructions for BeKnow’s SEO, writing, image or AI-visibility screens no longer describe the current public product. Saving a provider key does not enable those retired workflows.

What is DataForSEO and when does BeKnow need it?
Provider concepts remain useful, but earlier instructions for BeKnow’s SEO, writing, image or AI-visibility screens no longer describe the current public product. Saving a provider key does not enable those retired workflows.
How to connect an OpenRouter API key to BeKnow — current scope
Provider concepts remain useful, but earlier instructions for BeKnow’s SEO, writing, image or AI-visibility screens no longer describe the current public product. Saving a provider key does not enable those retired workflows.

What is OpenRouter and why does BeKnow use it?
Provider concepts remain useful, but earlier instructions for BeKnow’s SEO, writing, image or AI-visibility screens no longer describe the current public product. Saving a provider key does not enable those retired workflows.
OpenRouter, Firecrawl and DataForSEO: when BeKnow needs them — current scope
Provider concepts remain useful, but earlier instructions for BeKnow’s SEO, writing, image or AI-visibility screens no longer describe the current public product. Saving a provider key does not enable those retired workflows.

What BYOK Means in AI: Control Costs Without Buying Credits
Project memory and data imports do not require an AI model key. A compatible external AI client may have its own costs. BYOK applies only to available functions that actually call an external provider.