AI API keys
Connect the AI providers that power article creation, Content autopilots, and chatbot conversations. One key is enough to get started — add more any time.
When you need your own keys
| Plan | API keys |
|---|---|
| Junior Starter — $19 / month | AI access is included. Pre-configured keys let you start creating content immediately, with no provider setup. |
| Independent plans — $9–$149 / month | Connect keys from the providers you want to use. AI usage is billed directly by each provider to the account tied to the key — WebGPT adds no markup. |
See Plans & usage limits for what's included on each plan.
Supported providers
Seven providers are supported for text generation. Connect whichever ones you want — a single key is enough to get started.
OpenAI
Creator of the GPT family — the most widely used AI. Strong all-around performance for writing and reasoning.
- Available in WebGPT: Latest GPT generations including Pro variants. The exact lineup is shown in the model picker after connecting.
- Key format: starts with
sk-proj-orsk- - Get your key: platform.openai.com/api-keys
Google Gemini
Large context windows and fast multimodal models. Gemini Flash variants are optimized for speed and cost.
- Available in WebGPT: Latest Gemini Pro + Gemini Flash generations. The exact lineup is shown in the model picker after connecting.
- Key format: starts with
AIzaSy - Get your key: aistudio.google.com/app/apikey
Anthropic Claude
Known for careful long-form writing and nuanced reasoning. Claude Opus delivers top-tier quality; Sonnet balances quality and speed.
- Available in WebGPT: Latest Claude Opus + Sonnet generations. The exact lineup is shown in the model picker after connecting.
- Key format: starts with
sk-ant- - Get your key: console.anthropic.com/settings/keys
DeepSeek
High-quality models at a fraction of the cost of other providers. DeepSeek Reasoner specializes in step-by-step problem solving.
- Example models: DeepSeek Chat, DeepSeek Reasoner
- Key format: starts with
sk- - Get your key: platform.deepseek.com/api_keys
xAI Grok
Developed by xAI. Strong on creative, conversational, and reasoning tasks.
- Available in WebGPT: Latest Grok generations including Reasoning and Fast variants. The exact lineup is shown in the model picker after connecting.
- Key format: starts with
xai- - Get your key: console.x.ai
Mistral AI
French AI lab with efficient open-weight and commercial models. Strong multilingual performance at competitive pricing.
- Example models: Mistral Large 3, Mistral Medium 3.1, Magistral Medium, Codestral, Pixtral Large
- Key format: alphanumeric string (no fixed prefix)
- Get your key: console.mistral.ai/api-keys
Perplexity
Live web search baked into every response. Sonar models cite their sources inline — useful for fact-checked writing, news-aware content, and answers grounded in current data rather than training cutoffs.
- Example models: Sonar, Sonar Pro
- Key format: starts with
pplx- - Get your key: perplexity.ai/account/api/keys
- Cost note: Perplexity charges a small flat fee per request on top of token usage (e.g. $0.005 per request for Sonar, low search context). Cost is highest at high search-context settings.
- Knowledge sources: Sonar can’t be combined with attached knowledge sources on a chatbot — its own live web search would shadow your curated data. The chatbot editor will block the combination and prompt you to switch model or remove sources.
Connect a key
- Go to Integrations → AI API keys.
- Open the tab for the provider you want to connect.
- Paste your key and click Connect. The key is validated with a live test request to the provider.
- A green Connected badge confirms success. If validation fails, check that the key was copied in full and that billing is enabled on the provider account.
Update or remove a key
Connected keys can be updated or removed at any time from the same page. Updating paste-replaces the key and re-validates it; removing clears the key and all model data for that provider.
If a key expires or runs out of credits, any feature that depends on it — articles, bots, chatbots — will stop working until the key is refreshed or the provider balance is topped up.
Keys for video and AI presenters
Video and AI-presenter providers (Kling, Runway, MiniMax, Luma, HeyGen, D-ID, Synthesia) are connected on the Videos page, using the same paste-and-connect flow.