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2026-05-036 min
BYOK explained: bring your own Anthropic key, keep your data
BYOK ("bring your own key") sounds like a pricing trick. It is actually a security posture. Here is the difference, and what brocco ships by default.
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The three BYOK postures
- Server proxy
- Client direct
- Hosted with ZDR
How brocco does it
- Dashboard preview before paid activation
- Paid tools require your API key when hosted AI is unavailable; provider usage is billed separately
- Saved conversations and tool requests are handled as described in the privacy policy; provider retention follows the provider's terms
Check where your data goes
- Provider retention depends on your provider agreement; BYOK alone does not guarantee zero retention
- Brocco stores saved conversations and project content as described in the privacy policy
Try it for yourself
Explore the dashboard with a 7-day trial. A card is required. Activate a paid subscription to run this workflow with the required model and integration credentials.