# Enquiry about credits/api key and studio **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [April 8, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/enquiry-about-credits-api-key-and-studio/5231 "2025-04-08T04:31:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![netmstr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/netmstr/32/2985_2.png) [@netmstr](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/netmstr)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/enquiry-about-credits-api-key-and-studio/5231/1 "2025-04-08T04:31:10Z")
Hi, I’m new to pickaxe and been exploring it now 🙂 Can I use my own api key instead of credit for the free tier pickaxe. And do you plan to support openrouter api key ? Is it also possible to monetize the individual pickaxe instead of the studio Thank you ---
**Author:** ![editman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@editman](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/editman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/enquiry-about-credits-api-key-and-studio/5231/2 "2025-04-09T08:23:54Z")
+1 for OpenRouter. Also really really want to be able to use Gemini 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/enquiry-about-credits-api-key-and-studio/5231/3 "2025-04-13T18:26:12Z")
In the free plan of Pickaxe you cannot use your own API key. You can only use credits and have 50 credits each month. We do not support OpenRouter API key. You’ll need to get an API key from the individual model provides (such as OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) You can, however, monetize your Pickaxes though you’ll find 50 credits limits how much you can do on the platform.