External providers allow enterprise customers to connect their own API keys from leading AI services directly to Droxy, bypassing Droxy’s usage system for cost-effective unlimited usage. Instead of consuming Droxy tokens, your agents and knowledge items will use your own credits directly with the provider.Key Benefits:
Direct provider pricing - Pay exactly what OpenAI, OpenRouter, and other providers charge per token/second
Cost control - Manage your own spending and billing relationship
No usage limits - Never worry about running out of Droxy tokens again
Load credits to your account to start using the service:
Enable automatic refill in your OpenRouter account to ensure your agents continue working when credits run low. This prevents service interruption due to insufficient credits.
For text-based agents (Website Agent, WhatsApp Agent, etc.), even when using OpenAI models, you need to use OpenRouter as your external provider, not OpenAI. The OpenAI external provider is exclusively for Voice Call Seconds (Phone Agents) and Knowledge Tokens.
What it covers: Voice call seconds and knowledge tokens (embeddings)
Use case: Organizations with high voice usage or large knowledge bases
Benefits: Direct OpenAI pricing for voice and embeddings processing
Once activated, your configured external providers will automatically be used instead of Droxy’s internal tokens and credits. You can use as much as your provider credit balances allow, with pricing directly from each model provider.
External provider integration only applies to the specific services covered by each provider. Other Droxy features and limitations remain unchanged.