Bring-your-own-key vs all-in-one bundled AI pricing — what each means for cost and control for Hong Kong businesses.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
Bring-your-own-key (BYOK) and bundled AI pricing are two very different models. For a Hong Kong business, the choice affects cost, flexibility and lock-in.
What BYOK means
With BYOK you bring your own API key for a model provider, pay the provider directly (often at a small markup or none through a proxy), and the platform orchestrates. You keep model choice and can switch providers.
What bundled means
Bundled AI wraps the model into the product’s price, often per seat. Simpler to buy, but you pay the vendor’s markup on the model and are tied to their model choices.
Which suits you
BYOK suits teams that want model flexibility and to control cost as usage grows; bundled suits teams that want one simple invoice and do not need model choice. osFoundry is BYOK by default. Pricing for both tools changes and varies by plan and usage — always check the official pricing page for current figures.
Where dgm fits
dgm is an independent integration partner that helps Hong Kong businesses adopt osFoundry — scoping a first use case, handling the build, and connecting AI to the systems you already run. dgm is independent of osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC) and has no completed client integrations yet, so everything described here is a service offered, not a past result. If you want to scope a practical first project, dgm can help you map it out.