Q: BYOK, Messages
What does a message mean? Tokens are counted on output? Input + output? Can we have the option to BYOK? Can I use this as a main source for my saas? I need to count user messages (chats) to monetize. What are the options?
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Feb 21, 2026A: Hi! 👋
Thank you for reaching out.
Actually BYOK is the only option for AppSumo plans, so we do not count input or output tokens. You're free to too the most expensive or cheapest model because you're in charge of the costs.
Message means literally a message your user sends to the chatbot, or a message you reply with to your user as the admin via Help Desk. We count those to allow fair usage of our infrastructure, bandwidth, storage etc. In the end we're in between the LLM provider and the visitors, processing/serving data and maintaining infrastructure, hence the limits..
I'm not sure what you have in mind exactly for monetization, I can at least clarify the points above, but feel free to reach out via [email protected] and we'd be happy to have further exchange and answer more questions you might have.
All the best,
Oscar