Using DeepSeek R1 on Vercel AI Gateway

Implementation guide · DeepSeek R1 · DeepSeek

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Vercel AI Gateway exposes DeepSeek R1 through model ID deepseek/deepseek-r1. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

1
Create an account at Vercel AI Gateway and generate an API key.
2
Use the Vercel AI Gateway SDK or REST API to call deepseek/deepseek-r1 — see the documentation for request format.
3
You'll be billed $1.35/1M input, $5.40/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

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Code Examples

Install

pip install openai

API key

AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY

Model ID

deepseek/deepseek-r1

creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2

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="deepseek/deepseek-r1",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)