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Why use Recraft V4.1 Flash on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Recraft V4.1 Flash. 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 Recraft V4.1 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"],recraft/recraft-v4.1-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="recraft/recraft-v4.1-flash",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "recraft/recraft-v4.1-flash", not the LLMReference slug "recraft-4.1-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 Recraft V4.1 Flash Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| fal API | — | — |
| OpenRouter | — | — |
| Vercel AI Gateway | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Rate |
|---|---|
| Image input | $0.007 |
Capabilities
About Recraft V4.1 Flash
Recraft V4.1 Flash is the first version of Recraft's raster-only V4.1 Flash model, announced September 23, 2026. It produces 1K raster images (WebP or PNG) without style support; Recraft cited about 1.3 seconds per image. Recraft replaced it with V4.1 Flash V2 on November 13, 2026 and says the first version is no longer available in Recraft Studio. It is available through fal, OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway.