Using GPT Image 2 on Vercel AI Gateway

Implementation guide · GPT Image · OpenAI

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Vercel AI Gateway exposes GPT Image 2 through model ID openai/gpt-image-2. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

Last refreshed 2026-06-29. Next refresh: weekly.

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-2 — see the documentation for request format.
3
You'll be billed $5.00/1M input, $30.00/1M 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-2

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-2",
    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	$30.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoning

About GPT Image 2

OpenAI's image generation model succeeding DALL-E 3, released April 21, 2026. Uses an autoregressive architecture with native reasoning — the model plans structure and composition before generating pixels. Supports up to 4K (4096×4096) resolution, achieves ~99% character-level text accuracy across Latin, CJK, Hindi, and Bengali scripts, and generates images ~2× faster than DALL-E 3. Debuted at #1 on the Image Arena leaderboard by a +242-point margin. Powered by the GPT-5.4 backbone. API: $8/M image input tokens, $2/M cached, $30/M image output tokens. ChatGPT GA April 22, 2026; API access May 2026.

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Model Specs

Released2026-04-21

ArchitectureAutoregressive Image

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