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title: Introduction
description: 'Overview of Alephant BYO-KEY, the Enterprise AI FinOps Dashboard'
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Welcome to **Alephant BYO-KEY** — an Enterprise AI FinOps Dashboard and proxy gateway.

Alephant allows organizations to bring their own LLM provider API keys (Bring Your Own Key), route all AI traffic through a single control plane, and gain full visibility into cost, usage, and compliance.

## Core Value Proposition

* **Proxy Routing:** Route all LLM API calls through Virtual Keys (VKs); abstract away raw provider keys from end users.
* **Cost Attribution:** Gain precise per-agent, per-member, and per-department cost tracking.
* **Budget Control:** Implement a three-level independent budget system (Workspace, Department, Virtual Key) to prevent overspending.
* **Compliance & Audit:** Enforce organizational policies, view immutable audit logs, and restrict access via SSO or IP whitelisting.
* **FinOps Analytics:** Monitor token usage trends, analyze model-level cost breakdowns, and discover efficiency improvements.