# Vercel — Introducing the AI Gateway

- Company: Vercel (vercel.com)
- Announced: 2025-05-20T17:37:10+00:00
- Category: developer-tool-release
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://vercel.com/blog/ai-gateway
- Record: https://forck.live/items/20873-introducing-the-ai-gateway
- Subject: v0 / AI SDK / AI Gateway
- Pricing: During the AI Gateway alpha, usage is free with rate limits based on your Vercel plan tier.

Vercel announced the AI Gateway, now in alpha, which allows developers to switch between approximately 100 AI models without managing separate API keys, rate limits, or provider accounts. The Gateway handles authentication, usage tracking, and future billing, and is built on the AI SDK 5 alpha. During the alpha, usage is free with rate limits based on the user's Vercel plan tier.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://vercel.com/blog/ai-gateway:

> The Vercel AI Gateway is now available for alpha testing. Built on the AI SDK 5 alpha, the Gateway lets you switch between ~100 AI models without needing to manage API keys, rate limits, or provider accounts.

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