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Why use Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.25/1M 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 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview across 4 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$0.25
Output / 1M
$1.50
Cache
read $0.030
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install openaiAuth
export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...Call
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],Model ID
google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-previewRequest 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="google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview", not the LLMReference slug "gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview".
- 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 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio | $0.25 | $1.50 |
| GCP Vertex AI | $0.25 | $1.50 |
| OpenRouter | $0.25 | $1.50 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.25 | $1.50 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.25 |
| Output tokens | $1.50 |
| Query | $14.00 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsCode Execution
About Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Preview-stage Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite model shut down on 2026-05-25; use gemini-3.1-flash-lite GA instead.
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Model Specs
Released2026-03-03
Context1m
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2025-01