Vercel AI Gateway
Unified API gateway for routing app calls across hundreds of AI models
LLM APIs & InferenceFree monthly credits; pay-as-you-go at provider list price with no markup
About Vercel AI Gateway
Vercel AI Gateway gives developers one API key and one endpoint for calling hundreds of AI models across providers. It supports the Vercel AI SDK, OpenAI-compatible APIs, usage and spend monitoring, provider routing, automatic retries and fallbacks, BYOK credentials, and centralized billing/observability for production AI apps.
Features
✦Single API key
✦Hundreds of models
✦Unified model API
✦Provider routing and fallbacks
✦Automatic retries
✦Usage and spend monitoring
✦Bring Your Own Key
✦AI SDK and OpenAI-compatible APIs
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +One endpoint for many model providers
- +Centralized usage, spend, and observability
- +Automatic retries and fallbacks improve production resilience
- +No token markup according to Vercel docs
- +Works with AI SDK and OpenAI-compatible API clients
Cons
- −Best fit for teams already building web apps or using Vercel/AI SDK
- −Underlying provider terms and model limits still apply
- −BYOK fallback can still consume AI Gateway credits
- −Exact model pricing should be checked in the current Gateway model list
Platforms
WebAPI
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