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What is BYOK Cost Model?
BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) pricing means the platform doesn’t resell AI provider tokens — the customer pays the provider directly with zero markup. osFoundry uses BYOK for every cloud AI provider: your invoice, no markup.
Detail
Most AI platforms bundle tokens into a flat fee or resell them with 20-100% markup. BYOK passes through provider pricing at cost. Customer benefits: transparent pricing, direct billing relationships, ability to negotiate enterprise rates with the provider, no platform-layer cost surprises.
Platform tradeoff: revenue must come from infrastructure value (hosting, orchestration, apps) rather than token markup.
How osFoundry approaches BYOK Cost Model
osFoundry adds zero markup to BYOK tokens. Pay your provider for tokens; pay osFoundry for the orchestration runtime + storage + compute.
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