Setup

API KeysBring your own keys. Pay providers directly.

PF Create never marks up provider costs. Add your own API keys and pay Gemini, OpenAI, Together AI, and Perplexity directly at their list price.

How it works

How Bring Your Own Keys works

Bring Your Own Keys (BYOK) means you create an account directly with each provider, generate an API key, and paste it into your PF Create portal. When you generate an image or run a research task, PF Create calls the provider using your key — you pay them directly at their published list price. No middleman, no markup, no subscription to another service.

Keys are stored encrypted in your portal and never shared. You can add, update, or remove keys at any time from Services in your portal.

Providers

Supported providers

Google Gemini — RecommendedPrimary image provider. Free tier included (60 req/min). Imagen 4 models. 50% batch discount. Start here.

OpenAIGPT-Image models. Best text rendering in images. 50% batch discount on Fast and Pro tiers. No free tier.

Together AI20+ models including FLUX, Ideogram, HiDream. Lowest cost per image at volume. No free tier.

Perplexity — OptionalSonar and Deep Research for grounded web search. Enables SEO research tools. Requires $5 min deposit. Optional.

DataForSEO — OptionalPowers Google Trends research and SEO demand signals. Pay-as-you-go (~$0.01/request). Enter credentials as login:password format.

How to add a key

Adding a key to your portal

Get your key from the provider

Go to Services in your portal

Paste and save

Quick reference

Provider comparison

Provider	Free tier	Key format	Used for
Google Gemini	✅ Yes	AIza...	Image generation (primary), Google PageSpeed SEO tool
OpenAI	❌ No	sk-...	Image generation, best text-in-image rendering
Together AI	❌ No	varies	Image generation, 20+ models, lowest per-image cost at volume
Perplexity	❌ No ($5 min)	pplx-...	AI web research, SEO deep research, grounded answers with citations
DataForSEO	❌ No (~$0.01/req)	login:password	Google Trends research, SEO demand signals and trend analysis

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Also available

Send email via your WordPress site

If your WordPress site has an SMTP plugin configured (such as WP Mail SMTP), your AI can send email directly through it. No additional API key is required — it uses your site’s existing mail configuration.

Just ask your AI: “Send an email to [address] via [site URL] with subject [subject] and body [body]”. Supports To, CC, BCC, Reply-To, HTML or plain text.