# Alternate Models & API Keys (Gemini, Azure OpenAI keys)

**URL:** <https://community.pickaxe.co/t/alternate-models-api-keys-gemini-azure-openai-keys/365>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 10, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/alternate-models-api-keys-gemini-azure-openai-keys/365 "2024-07-10T17:12:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![nathanielmhld](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/nathanielmhld/32/11_2.png) [@nathanielmhld](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/nathanielmhld)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/alternate-models-api-keys-gemini-azure-openai-keys/365/1 "2024-07-10T17:12:09Z")

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Currently we support a selection of OpenAI models, Mistral models, & Anthropic models (aka, Claude). You can find the models we support in the model dropdown of the [builder page](https://beta.pickaxeproject.com/builder/templates/chatbot):

 ![Screenshot 2024-07-10 at 10.13.42 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/pickaxeproject/original/1X/325345db621f35df8ff45aad9ba50bb9866dd79a.png)

We don’t currently support Gemini, nor do we currently support Microsoft Azure OpenAI keys.

We may add these in the future, but for the present moment we haven’t had enough demand.

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**Author:** ![lokki61099](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@lokki61099](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/lokki61099)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/alternate-models-api-keys-gemini-azure-openai-keys/365/2 "2024-07-11T13:44:04Z")

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Thanks for your reply.

Microsoft has a Microsoft Founders Program that many people use. They give a lot of credits for founders, credits that can be spent on Azure OpenAI - thousands of dollars. I will be using it at least for the next 2-3 years, and I really need this integration.

Using OpenAI key means paying out of pocket (limited 3.5). Using Azure key meaning using free credits, therefore I can hook up unlimited GPT-4 models.

Please implement this integration, I bet more people will find it useful.

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**Author:** ![averysmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@averysmith](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/averysmith)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/alternate-models-api-keys-gemini-azure-openai-keys/365/3 "2025-02-26T21:10:02Z")

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Can end users select a different model if they’d like? That would be a cool feature.

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**Author:** ![james.yeoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@james.yeoh](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/james.yeoh)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/alternate-models-api-keys-gemini-azure-openai-keys/365/4 "2025-02-27T03:21:31Z")

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The more models we can choose from the better. Pickaxe being LLM agnostic is a huge feature.

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**Author:** ![Ned.Malki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/ned.malki/32/5918_2.png) [@Ned.Malki](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/Ned.Malki)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/alternate-models-api-keys-gemini-azure-openai-keys/365/5 "2025-02-27T11:45:48Z")

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You can connect almost **any** LLM via OpenRouter through a Make webhook action.

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**Author:** ![admin\_mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/admin_mike/32/283_2.png) [@admin\_mike](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/admin_mike)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/alternate-models-api-keys-gemini-azure-openai-keys/365/6 "2025-02-28T17:43:11Z")

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Not currently. That would be a cool feature in some ways, a probleatic feature in others. It would change the behavior of your Pickaxe, and it might break the tool depending on token distributions. Definitely something we’ve thought about it. For now, some Users build the same tool twice (using the [cloning feature](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/clone-the-pickaxes/1283/2)) and switch the models. So they’ll have Copywriter Pro (Claude) and CopyWriter Pro (OpenAI). I see it pretty often!
