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Why use Grok Imagine Image on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Grok Imagine Image with competitive pricing. 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 Grok Imagine Image across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
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Output / 1M
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Cache
Not sourced
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
xai/grok-imagine-imageRequest 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="xai/grok-imagine-image",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "xai/grok-imagine-image", not the LLMReference slug "grok-imagine-image".
- 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 Grok Imagine Image Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | — | — |
| xAI Console | — | — |
| fal API | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Rate |
|---|---|
| Image input | $0.02 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodal
About Grok Imagine Image
Grok Imagine Image is the base xAI image-generation API model. The official API model ID is grok-imagine-image; Runware is a third-party distribution platform, not part of the canonical slug.
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Model Specs
Released2024-12-15
ArchitectureDiffusion