The DropJuly 8, 2026via Vercel Blog
Grok 4.5 now available on AI Gateway
Why it matters
Grok 4.5 integration into AI Gateway expands model choice for developers and reduces vendor lock-in. Multi-model routing with unified cost tracking and failover is becoming table stakes for production AI apps.
Key signals
- Grok 4.5 available via Vercel AI Gateway
- Supports text and image inputs
- Three reasoning levels: low, medium, high (defaults to high)
- AI Gateway pricing: no platform markup, no inference fees, BYOK support
- Built-in custom reporting, zero data retention, budgets, routing rules
- Available in model playground for testing
The hook
Grok 4.5 just landed on Vercel's AI Gateway. Now you can route it alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude—all from one API.
Grok 4.5 from SpaceXAI is now available on .AI Gateway
Built for coding, knowledge work, and STEM, the model accepts text and image inputs.
Grok 4.5 supports low, medium, and high reasoning levels and defaults to high. Set the level with to balance speed against depth.reasoning
To use Grok 4.5, set to in the :modelxai/grok-4.5AI SDK
AI Gateway provides a unified API for calling models, tracking usage and cost, and configuring retries, failover, and performance optimizations for higher-than-provider uptime. It includes built-in , , , , and more.custom reportingZero Data Retention supportbudgets for API keysrouting rules
AI Gateway reflects provider pricing with no markup and does not charge a platform fee on inference, including on (BYOK) requests.Bring Your Own Key
Try Grok 4.5 in the .model playground