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o3 Mini on Vercel AI Gateway

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Why use o3 Mini on Vercel AI Gateway?

Vercel AI Gateway offers o3 Mini with pay-as-you-go pricing at $1.10/1M 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 o3 Mini across 4 providers to find the best fit for your use case
Input / 1M
$1.10
Output / 1M
$4.40
Cache
read $0.55
Batch
Not sourced

Setup recipe

Python + curl
Install
pip install openai
Auth
export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...
Call
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
Model ID
openai/o3-mini

Request 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="openai/o3-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Gotchas

  • Use provider model ID "openai/o3-mini", not the LLMReference slug "o3-mini".
  • 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 o3 Mini Across Providers

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
OpenRouter$1.10$4.40
Azure OpenAI
OpenAI API
Vercel AI Gateway$1.10$4.40

Pricing

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$1.10
Output tokens$4.40

Capabilities

ReasoningFunction CallingTool UseStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt Caching

About o3 Mini

OpenAI o3-mini - cost-optimized reasoning model. Compact variant of reasoning model family.

FAQ

What does o3 Mini cost on Vercel AI Gateway?

On Vercel AI Gateway, o3 Mini costs $1.1 per 1M input tokens and $4.4 per 1M output tokens.

What is the context window for o3 Mini on Vercel AI Gateway?

o3 Mini supports a 200,000 token context window on Vercel AI Gateway.

How does Vercel AI Gateway compare to other o3 Mini providers?

o3 Mini is available from 4 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $1.1/1M tokens from OpenRouter.

What API model ID do I use for o3 Mini on Vercel AI Gateway?

Use the model ID openai/o3-mini when calling Vercel AI Gateway's API.

Who created o3 Mini?

o3 Mini was created by OpenAI as part of the o3 model family.

Is o3 Mini open source?

o3 Mini is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.

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Model Specs

Released2025-01-31
Context200K
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2025-04

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