Vercel AI Gateway API Key Guide

Vercel AI Gateway gives one key access to supported models. Available credits and eligible models follow the current Vercel plan.

Get the API key

  • Sign in to Vercel and open AI Gateway.
  • Choose the intended team or project, open API Keys, and create a key.
  • Copy the key and store it securely.

Use the key on Free AI API

Paste the key into the API Key field on a Vercel AI Gateway endpoint page and run the selected model.

Credits, model availability, and renewal terms can change; check the Vercel dashboard before relying on a quota.

Security: never publish the key. Free AI API forwards it for the current request and does not store it on the server.

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Vercel AI Gateway

Vercel AI Gateway routes many frontier models behind one OpenAI-compatible API and includes recurring monthly credits, making it a practical no-credit-card path to test paid models for free.

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