# Manus — Introducing Manus Flex: Use your own API key in the Manus workspace

- Company: Manus
- Announced: 2026-09-29
- Category: capability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://manus.im/blog/introducing-manus-flex
- Record: https://forck.live/items/15625-introducing-manus-flex-use-your-own-api-key-in-the-manus-workspace
- Subject: Manus
- Pricing: Model inference is billed directly by that provider. Other services and infrastructure used as part of a Manus task still consume Manus credits.

Manus launched Manus Flex, a module that allows users to connect their own API key from a supported inference provider to the Manus agent workspace. Initial inference partners include OpenRouter, Fireworks, and Modal. Model inference is billed directly by the provider, while other Manus services still consume Manus credits.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://manus.im/blog/introducing-manus-flex:

> Manus is launching Manus Flex, a new module that lets users power Manus with their own API key from a supported inference provider.

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