Vercel AI Gateway
AI & ML Free account (no card)
AuthenticationFree account (no card)
Rate limitMonthly free credit on every team account; free tier is rate-limited with a subset of models.
Documentation: vercel.com ยท Checked Oct 12, 2026
About
Vercel AI Gateway is the missing lane between raw provider keys and agent harnesses: one OpenAI-compatible endpoint that routes to many models, with a monthly free credit on every Vercel team account and no markup on tokens. The free tier is rate-limited and covers a subset of models, with no card required, and the paid tier supports BYOK. Documented CLI flows route Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor spend through it.
Details
Free to start. You may need a free key, but no credit card.
Auth: Free account (no card)
Rate limit: Monthly free credit on every team account; free tier is rate-limited with a subset of models.
Verified: 2026-10-12
Best for: developer business
Setup
- Create a free Vercel team account.
- Generate an AI Gateway key from the dashboard.
- Point your OpenAI-compatible client at the gateway endpoint.
- Pick a model available on the free tier.
- Route CLI agent spend through it to track usage in one place.
Example
curl https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/chat/completions -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" -d '{"model":"openai/gpt-4o-mini","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'Use cases
- Try many models behind one API key and bill
- Consolidate Claude Code and Cursor spend in one dashboard
- Prototype multi-model agents without juggling keys