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Why use Drex Max v1.1 on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Drex Max v1.1 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.03/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Compare Drex Max v1.1 across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],nace-ai/drex-max-v1.1Request example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="nace-ai/drex-max-v1.1",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "nace-ai/drex-max-v1.1", not the LLMReference slug "drex-max-v1.1".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Drex Max v1.1 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Nace API | $0.03 | Free |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.03 | Free |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.03 |
| Output tokens | Free |
Capabilities
About Drex Max v1.1
Drex Max v1.1 is Nace.AI's flagship multimodal decision model, released October 28, 2026 as API id drex-max-v1.1. Like Drex Max, it reads text, JSON, images, charts and screens and answers typed boolean, choice and score questions with calibrated probabilities instead of generating text. A request can be up to 262,144 tokens, including shared state, images and all questions. It costs $0.03 per million input tokens; output tokens are not billed. Nace retired drex-max and drex-v1.5 on November 8, 2026, and requests naming them are now answered by Drex Max v1.1.