Vercel AI Gateway vs Cloudflare AI Gateway
Two products, four fee layers. The cheaper one depends on whether you buy credits or bring your own keys, and on how many logs you keep.
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Vercel AI Gateway
- Markup
- None; provider list rates
- Funding
- None; you cover payment-processing fees
- Own keys
- Paid tier only, no fee
- Free tier
- $5 a month credit, subset of models
- Self-host
- no
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Cloudflare AI Gateway
- Markup
- None; provider rates
- Funding
- 5% on Unified Billing credits ($100 credit costs $105)
- Own keys
- Supported; no gateway fee
- Free tier
- Core features free (analytics, caching, rate limiting)
- Self-host
- no
Monthly bill, gateway credits
| List-price spend | Vercel AI Gateway | Cloudflare AI Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| $100 | $0 | $5 |
| $1,000 | $0 | $50 |
| $10,000 | $0 | $500 |
Monthly bill, own keys
| List-price spend | Vercel AI Gateway | Cloudflare AI Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| $100 | $0 | $0 |
| $1,000 | $0 | $0 |
| $10,000 | $0 | $0 |
100,000 logs a month, 3 seats, one request = one log. Use your numbers →