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Why use Gemini 3.5 Flash on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Gemini 3.5 Flash with pay-as-you-go pricing at $1.50/1M 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 3.5 Flash across 3 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"],google/gemini-3.5-flashRequest 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-3.5-flash",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "google/gemini-3.5-flash", not the LLMReference slug "gemini-3.5-flash".
- 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 3.5 Flash Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio | $1.50 | $9.00 |
| GCP Vertex AI | $1.50 | $9.00 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.50 | $9.00 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $1.50 |
| Output tokens | $9.00 |
| Query | $14.00 |
Capabilities
About Gemini 3.5 Flash
Gemini 3.5 Flash is Google DeepMind's generally available Flash model for sustained frontier-level performance on agentic and coding tasks. It supports multimodal inputs, native thinking, tool and function calling, structured outputs, code execution, search grounding, batch processing, and long contexts up to 1M tokens.
FAQ
What does Gemini 3.5 Flash cost on Vercel AI Gateway?
On Vercel AI Gateway, Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $1.5 per 1M input tokens and $9 per 1M output tokens.
What is the context window for Gemini 3.5 Flash on Vercel AI Gateway?
Gemini 3.5 Flash supports a 1,000,000 token context window on Vercel AI Gateway.
How does Vercel AI Gateway compare to other Gemini 3.5 Flash providers?
Gemini 3.5 Flash is available from 3 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $1.50/1M tokens from Google AI Studio.
What API model ID do I use for Gemini 3.5 Flash on Vercel AI Gateway?
Use the model ID google/gemini-3.5-flash when calling Vercel AI Gateway's API.
Who created Gemini 3.5 Flash?
Gemini 3.5 Flash was created by Google DeepMind as part of the Gemini 3.5 model family.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash open source?
Gemini 3.5 Flash is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.