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Vercel AI Gateway

Free API tier limits · Gateway / router

$5/month of AI Gateway credit on every Vercel team, for a subset of 'Free Tier eligible' models.

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Free allowance

$5 credit per month; starts at your first AI Gateway request.

'Lower limit per model' on free tier; Vercel does not publish fixed numbers.

Credits. Buying any credits moves the team to the paid tier and the $5 monthly free credit no longer applies.

Models on the free offer

Free Tier eligible models (subset of catalog)

Worth knowing

  • BYOK is not available on the free tier.
  • Zero markup on provider list prices.
Left blank on purpose: whether a card is required, rate limits. No official public source as of Oct 21, 2026.

Questions

Does Vercel AI Gateway have a free API tier?
Free tier. $5/month of AI Gateway credit on every Vercel team, for a subset of 'Free Tier eligible' models.
Does Vercel AI Gateway require a credit card?
We could not verify this from an official page, so we leave it blank rather than guess.
What are Vercel AI Gateway's free rate limits?
'Lower limit per model' on free tier; Vercel does not publish fixed numbers.
When was this Vercel AI Gateway data last verified?
Oct 21, 2026, against: AI Gateway pricing; AI Gateway rate limits.