# Are You Fading out API Usage?

**URL:** <https://community.pickaxe.co/t/are-you-fading-out-api-usage/7741>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 9, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/are-you-fading-out-api-usage/7741 "2025-12-09T16:49:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathaniel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/nathaniel/32/11_2.png) [@nathaniel](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/nathaniel)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/are-you-fading-out-api-usage/7741/2 "2025-12-09T21:39:54Z")

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Yup we’re phasing BYOK out! [See here](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-pickaxe-credit-system-is-live/7391/49). Though the new system is effectively the same in pretty much every way as paying the model providers directly, just mediated by us.

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