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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 caseInput / 1M
$1.10
Output / 1M
$4.40
Cache
read $0.55
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
openai/o3-miniRequest 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
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $1.10 | $4.40 |
| Azure OpenAI | — | — |
| OpenAI API | — | — |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.10 | $4.40 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $1.10 |
| Output tokens | $4.40 |
Capabilities
ReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt Caching
About o3 Mini
OpenAI o3-mini - cost-optimized reasoning model. Compact variant of reasoning model family.
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Model Specs
Released2025-01-31
Context200k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2025-04