Pricing
AI Gateway uses a pay-as-you-go model with no markups. Purchase AI Gateway Credits and Vercel automatically deducts charges from your balance.
Every Vercel team account gets access to both a free tier and a paid tier for AI Gateway Credits. For the paid tier, AI Gateway provides tokens with zero markup, including when you bring your own key.
| Free tier | Paid tier | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly credit | $5/month included | Pay as you go with purchased credits |
| Model access | Free Tier eligible models | All available models |
| Token pricing | Provider list rates, zero markup | Provider list rates, zero markup |
| Rate limits | Lower limits per model | Custom limits available |
| Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) | Not available | Available |
| Commitment | None | None, pay as you go via credits |
The free tier includes a subset of models, not the full catalog. To see which models you can use with free credits, browse the Free Tier models. To use any other model, purchase AI Gateway Credits.
Free tier requests are also rate limited per model, with lower limits than the paid tier. If you exceed a limit, AI Gateway returns a 429 error and you can retry after a short wait. Purchasing AI Gateway Credits moves your team to the paid tier, which raises your rate limits.
Your free credits start when you make your first AI Gateway request. To run larger workloads, you can purchase AI Gateway Credits at any time with no obligation to renew. Once you purchase credits, your account transitions to the paid tier and the monthly free credit no longer applies.
Whether you use a free or paid account, you'll pay the AI Gateway rates listed in the Models section of the AI Gateway tab for each request. AI Gateway bases its rates on the provider's list price.
The charge for each request depends on the AI provider and model you select, and the number of input and output tokens processed. You're responsible for any payment processing fees that may apply.
You can find the most up-to-date pricing for all models in two places:
- AI Gateway Model List: Browse all available models with pricing information
- AI Gateway Dashboard: View models directly in your Vercel dashboard
When you click on a model, you can see the full pricing breakdown including variations across different providers that offer the same model.
AI Gateway also supports Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) for any provider listed in our catalog. With BYOK, there is no markup or fee from AI Gateway.
BYOK is available on the paid tier. When a request with your credentials fails, AI Gateway retries it with system credentials for reliability, and that fallback usage is charged against your credits balance. To use your own provider keys, you'll need purchased AI Gateway Credits.
Some AI Gateway capabilities are off by default. When you enable one, it incurs additional charges beyond the per-token rates, deducted from your AI Gateway Credits balance. Disable the capability in your team's AI Gateway settings to stop the charges.
Custom Reporting lets you attach tags, user IDs, and quota entity IDs to requests, then query that data through the reporting endpoint.
| Charge type | Cost |
|---|---|
| Write | $0.075 / 1,000 tag/user ID/quota entity ID writes |
| Query | $5 / 1,000 queries to the reporting endpoint |
The provider allowlist is a team-wide setting that applies to every request. If you only need to restrict providers on individual requests, use the only parameter in providerOptions instead at no additional cost.
| Option | Cost | Availability |
|---|---|---|
Per-request only filter | No additional cost | All plans |
| Team-wide provider allowlist | $0.10 per 1,000 successful requests | Pro and Enterprise |
Zero Data Retention (ZDR) routes requests to providers that have agreed not to retain or train on prompt data.
| Option | Cost | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Per-request zero data retention | No additional cost | Pro and Enterprise |
| Team-wide zero data retention | $0.10 per 1,000 requests | Pro and Enterprise |
To view your balance:
- Go to the AI Gateway section in your Vercel dashboard sidebar.
- On the upper right corner, you will see your AI Gateway Credits balance displayed.
To add AI Gateway Credits:
- Go to the AI Gateway section in your Vercel dashboard sidebar.
- In the upper right corner, click on the button that shows your AI Gateway Credits balance.
- In the dialog that appears, you can select the amount of AI Gateway Credits you want to add.
- Click on Continue to Payment.
- Choose your payment method and click on Confirm and Pay to complete your purchase.
You can configure auto top-up to automatically add AI Gateway Credits when your balance falls below a threshold.
To enable auto top-up:
- Go to the AI Gateway section in your Vercel dashboard sidebar.
- In the upper right corner, click on the button that shows your AI Gateway Credits balance.
- Click the Change button next to auto top-up (disabled by default).
- Configure your preferred threshold and top-up amount.
- Click Save to apply your settings.
When your balance drops below the threshold, AI Gateway automatically charges your payment method and adds the configured amount to your balance.
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