Vercel AI Gateway · 2026-07-31
Vercel AI Gateway rankings
Models on the Vercel AI Gateway, ranked by the tokens they actually processed. A second, independent read on demand alongside OpenRouter.
What Vercel gateway traffic shows in July 2026
19 models carried measurable traffic on the latest archived day, totalling about — tokens across 9 labs. Other leads with 25.77% of tokens, -23.18pp over 30 days.
The "OR share" column shows each model's share on OpenRouter for the same day. Large gaps are the interesting part: a model that dominates one gateway and barely registers on the other is being pulled by a specific developer population rather than by broad demand.
Top models on the Vercel AI Gateway
Ranked by share of gateway tokens on the latest archived day.
| # | Model | Lab | Share % | 30d Δ | OR share % | $/M out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other | Other | 25.77 | -23.18pp | — | — |
| 2 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | DeepSeek | 17.13 | +6.22pp | — | $0.28 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | 13.59 | +13.59pp | — | $50.00 |
| 4 | GPT-5 nano | OpenAI | 10.30 | +10.20pp | — | $1.25 |
| 5 | Kimi K3 | Moonshot | 7.06 | +7.06pp | — | $15.00 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | 6.27 | -13.79pp | — | $50.00 |
| 7 | DeepSeek V4 Pro | DeepSeek | 5.93 | -0.33pp | — | $0.87 |
| 8 | GLM 5.2 | Z-AI | 5.53 | +2.20pp | — | $3.74 |
| 9 | Step 3.7 Flash | StepFun | 3.02 | +2.23pp | — | $1.15 |
| 10 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | 2.70 | -2.52pp | — | $5.00 |
| 11 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | 2.69 | -6.90pp | — | $15.00 |
| 12 | Gemini 3 Flash | 0.00 | -12.81pp | — | $7.50 | |
| 13 | Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | 0.00 | -0.53pp | — | $50.00 |
| 14 | GPT 5.6 Sol | OpenAI | 0.00 | +0.00pp | — | $30.00 |
| 15 | GPT 5.6 Luna | OpenAI | 0.00 | +0.00pp | — | $0.60 |
| 16 | Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0.00 | -2.83pp | — | $2.50 | |
| 17 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | 0.00 | -1.06pp | — | $10.00 |
| 18 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Other | 0.00 | +0.00pp | — | Free |
| 19 | MiniMax M3 | MiniMax | 0.00 | -2.82pp | — | $1.20 |
Vercel AI Gateway rankings FAQ
- Which model is most used on the Vercel AI Gateway?
- Other from Other, with 25.77% of tokens routed through the Vercel AI Gateway on 2026-07-31.
- What are the top models on the Vercel AI Gateway?
- The current top three by measured token volume are Other, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Claude Opus 5, out of 19 models with traffic.
- How do Vercel AI Gateway rankings differ from OpenRouter?
- The two gateways serve different developer populations, so their mixes diverge — Vercel traffic skews toward frontend and framework-adjacent apps, OpenRouter toward a broader mix including chat frontends and open-weight experimentation. Comparing them is the fastest way to tell a genuine model trend from a single-gateway artefact.
- Where does the data come from?
- Vercel publishes model usage for its AI Gateway. Tidelines archives that snapshot once a day, so 7-day and 30-day changes compare two real archived days rather than estimates.