# Using Custom AI Providers

Zuplo's AI Gateway supports the addition of custom AI providers. This allows
users to route their AI Gateway Apps to self hosted services and models,
providing an additional layer of control, security and governance when using
these models in production.

:::note

Please note that currently only OpenAI-compatible models are supported using
custom providers

:::

## Adding a Custom AI Provider

To add a custom AI provider to your Zuplo AI Gateway, follow these steps:

<Stepper>

1. Navigate to the **Settings** > **AI Providers** section of your AI Gateway
   project in the [Zuplo Portal](https://portal.zuplo.com).

1. Click on the **Add Provider** button.

1. Select the **Custom** option from the Custom Providers section of the list

1. Specify a label for the custom provider instance. You can change the label
   later if required.

1. Specify the API URL of the custom provider you are using.

1. Enter the API Key for the selected provider (if there is no API key required,
   you can leave this blank).

1. Finally, add the available models that are hosted with your custom provider,
   along with their type. Optionally, you can add a dollar cost for input and
   output tokens if you wish to track this via the AI Gateway.

1. Click **Create**.

</Stepper>

## Modify, Update or Delete your Custom AI Provider

Existing providers can be modified, updated or deleted by navigating to the
**Settings** > **AI Providers** section and clicking the **Edit** or **Delete**
icon next to the custom provider you want to modify, update or delete.

Further information can be found in the
[Managing Providers](./managing-providers.mdx) guide.