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Manage AI features in dbt platform

Manage AI features in dbt platform by turning AI features on or off, choosing which AI provider to use, and controlling spend.

The details on this page are generally for admin tasks. If you're looking for what dbt Wizard does and where you can use it, start with About dbt Wizard in dbt platform.

Wizard usage and billing

From September 1st, 2026, dbt Wizard usage is metered per token against your usage credits. Enterprise and Enterprise+ accounts get monthly credits. Developer and Starter plans start with a 30-day trial and $100 in credits, as do CLI users via a free dbt account.

Refer to Trial and billing for what each plan gets, spend limits, and paid access.

Prerequisites​

Manage account access to AI features​

Eligible accounts, including new ones, have AI features on by default, so most users can open dbt Wizard without an admin changing anything first. Admins with governance or compliance requirements can turn AI off or back on anytime by following these steps:

  1. Navigate to Account settings in the navigation menu.
  2. Under Settings, confirm the account you want to change.
  3. Click Edit in the top right corner.
  4. Turn Enable account access to AI features off to disable access or on to enable it.
  5. Click Save.

Turning AI features off applies to the whole account, including dbt Wizard and dbt Copilot. The dbt Support Assistant is managed separately by dbt Labs (contact the dbt Support team for more info).

Supported AI providers​

dbt Wizard supports managed models (billed by dbt Labs, no key to manage) and bring-your-own-key (BYOK) models (billed directly by your provider).

Here are the following AI providers supported depending on where you work. Refer to Model Provider Rate table for the full list of available models.

ProviderAccess
OpenAI (default)dbt managed or BYOK
Anthropic†dbt managed or BYOK
Open weight models (like DeepSeek, Kimi, and so on).dbt managed
Azure AI Foundry / Azure OpenAIBYOK

†Anthropic enterprise and subscription licenses (such as Claude Enterprise) aren't supported per Anthropic's terms of service.

dbt Copilot supports a smaller set of providers. Refer to dbt Copilot for its providers and setup steps.

Configure AI provider​

A dbt platform account on any plan can use a dbt managed provider to get started right away or configure a custom AI provider by BYOK. If you use BYOK, you will incur API calls and associated charges from that provider.

The following instructions explain how to configure a dbt Labs managed or BYOK AI provider for dbt Wizard. dbt managed AI providers are administered by dbt Labs and don’t require a user-provided API key. The AI providers shown in Account settings may change as dbt Labs adds managed models. For the current list of models and providers, refer to the Model Provider Rate table.

To configure a provider:

  1. Click your account name and select Account settings in the side menu.
  2. Under Settings, click AI features.
  3. Under AI providers, click Edit to configure the AI integration.
  4. For each provider, select your Key management option from the dropdown, then follow these steps for your provider below.

Managed by dbt Labs

Use this option as a managed alternative to the default OpenAI model.

  1. Unless not selected, select dbt Labs from the list to use dbt Labs' managed Anthropic key.
  2. Click Save.

Managed by you (BYOK)

  1. Select Anthropic from the options.
  2. Enter your Anthropic API key.
  3. Click Save.
Embedding limitations

When using an Anthropic API key, dbt continues to use the dbt Labs-managed OpenAI key for embeddings in text_to_sql MCP tools, since Anthropic doesn't natively provide embeddings.

To bring your own key instead of using dbt Labs' managed infrastructure, refer to Configure BYOK for dbt Wizard in dbt platform.

Manage spend​

dbt Wizard is available to dbt platform Developer, Starter, Enterprise, and Enterprise+ plans. Legacy team plans don't have access to dbt Wizard but can upgrade to Starter or Enterprise-tiered plans to access.

Enterprise and Enterprise+ accounts get monthly usage credits, and all other plans start with a 30-day trial with $100 in usage credits. When your credits or trial run out (whichever comes first), set a spend limit so your team can keep working with minimal interruption:

  • Manage your spend limit to cap what the account can spend on AI usage.
  • Models and pricing explains what each model costs.
  • With BYOK, your AI provider bills you directly and the usage doesn't draw from your consumption pool.

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