---
title: External inference
description: You can use your own API keys to integrate with third-party model providers like Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Azure AI Studio, Cohere, Google AI, Mistral,...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/6201/explore-analyze/elastic-inference/external
products:
  - Kibana
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available since 9.4
---

# External inference
You can use your own API keys to integrate with third-party model providers like Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Azure AI Studio, Cohere, Google AI, Mistral, OpenAI, Hugging Face, and more.

## Manage your models

Kibana provides interfaces for managing external inference models and endpoints.
<applies-switch>
  <applies-item title="{ stack: ga 9.4+, serverless: ga }" applies-to="Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available, Elastic Stack: Generally available since 9.4">
    Go to the **External inference** page by using the navigation menu or the [global search field](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/6201/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/find-apps-and-objects).
    ![External inference UI](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/6201/explore-analyze/images/kibana-inference-external-ui.png)

    <tip>
      To access **External inference**, you need the `Inference Endpoints: all` and `Advanced Settings: read` Kibana privileges.
    </tip>
  </applies-item>

  <applies-item title="stack: ga 9.0-9.3" applies-to="Elastic Stack: Generally available from 9.0 to 9.3">
    Go to the **Inference endpoints** page by using the navigation menu or the [global search field](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/6201/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/find-apps-and-objects).
    ![Inference endpoints UI](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/6201/explore-analyze/images/kibana-inference-endpoints-ui.png)
  </applies-item>
</applies-switch>

Available actions include:
- Add endpoints
- View endpoint details
- Copy the inference endpoint ID
- Delete endpoints

Alternatively, you can use [inference APIs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/group/endpoint-inference).

## Add new inference endpoint

1. Select the **Add endpoint** button.
2. Select a service from the drop down menu.
3. Provide the required configuration details.
   For service-specific information, refer to the relevant API documentation.
   For example, [create a JinaAI inference endpoint](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-inference-put-jinaai).
4. Select **Save** to create the endpoint.