Using Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning on Vercel AI Gateway

Quick Start

1. 1
   Create an account at Vercel AI Gateway and generate an API key.
2. 2
   Use the Vercel AI Gateway SDK or REST API to call xai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning — see the documentation for request format.
3. 3
   You'll be billed $1.25/1M input, $2.50/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

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="xai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

About Vercel AI Gateway

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. Pricing is pass-through at provider list rates with zero markup. Includes $5/month free tier; paid is pay-as-you-go. Features: automatic provider fallbacks, unified observability, streaming, tool use, vision, embeddings, image/video generation, BYOK mode. Integrates via @ai-sdk/gateway package or plain model ID strings in Vercel AI SDK. API details: API key via Authorization: Bearer <AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY>. Key from Vercel dashboard. Free $5/month credit; paid tier is provider list price with zero markup. BYOK (bring-your-own-key) also supported with no markup or fee. Model IDs use {provider-owner}/{model-name} — e.g., anthropic/claude-opus-4.6, openai/gpt-5.

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. Pricing is pass-through at provider list rates with zero markup. Includes $5/month free tier; paid is pay-as-you-go. Features: automatic provider fallbacks, unified observability, streaming, tool use, vision, embeddings, image/video generation, BYOK mode. Integrates via @ai-sdk/gateway package or plain model ID strings in Vercel AI SDK.

Pricing on Vercel AI Gateway

Capabilities

About Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning

Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning is the xAI API non-reasoning variant launched around March 10, 2026 as grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning. It is the live replacement target for retired non-reasoning fast models.