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Why use Ling-3.1-flash on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Ling-3.1-flash with free input token 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 Ling-3.1-flash 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"],inclusionai/ling-3.1-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="inclusionai/ling-3.1-flash",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "inclusionai/ling-3.1-flash", not the LLMReference slug "ling-3.1-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 Ling-3.1-flash Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | Free | Free |
| Vercel AI Gateway | Free | Free |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | Free |
| Output tokens | Free |
Capabilities
About Ling-3.1-flash
Ling-3.1-flash is InclusionAI's (Ant Group 蚂蚁百灵 / Ant Ling) hybrid reasoning mixture-of-experts Flash model announced 2026-09-30. Authoritative Chinese IT Home coverage: ~560B total parameters with ~25B activated per token; designed context window up to 1M tokens; two-week free trial capped at 256K context, with paid 1M context and planned open-source weights after the trial. TechNode English summary of the same launch positions it for agent tasks, search, office software, and specialist applications.