Using GPT Image 1 on Vercel AI Gateway

Implementation guide · GPT Image · OpenAI

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Vercel AI Gateway exposes GPT Image 1 through model ID openai/gpt-image-1. 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 openai/gpt-image-1 — see the documentation for request format.
3
You'll be billed $5.00/1M input, $40.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

API Portal Documentation Pricing Model Card

Code Examples

Install

pip install openai

API key

AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY

Model ID

openai/gpt-image-1

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="openai/gpt-image-1",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Pricing on Vercel AI Gateway

Type	Price (per 1M)
Input tokens	$5.00
Output tokens	$40.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodal

About GPT Image 1

GPT Image 1 is OpenAI's first publicly released autoregressive image generation model. Made available via the API on April 23, 2025 (ChatGPT launched it March 25, 2025 where it generated over 700 million images in the first week). Supports low, medium, and high quality tiers with per-image pricing at $0.011/$0.042/$0.167 for 1024×1024. Superseded by GPT Image 1.5 in December 2025.

Full model details →

Model Specs

Released2025-04-23

ArchitectureAutoregressive Image

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