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Why use Drex v2.0 on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Drex v2.0 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 v2.0 across 4 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-v2.0Request 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-v2.0",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "nace-ai/drex-v2.0", not the LLMReference slug "drex-v2.0".
- 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 v2.0 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra | $0.06 | Free |
| Fireworks AI | — | — |
| Nace API | $0.03 | Free |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.03 | Free |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.03 |
| Output tokens | Free |
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
About Drex v2.0
Drex v2.0 is Nace.AI's open-weight decision model on Qwen3.6-35B-A3B with a Kev pointer head: it answers typed questions about a state with a probability per option in one forward pass. Runs locally via Python, llama.cpp or Ollama; Nace.AI Open RAIL-M license.