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The official Python SDK is Apache-2.0; served models retain their own licences.", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "fireworks-ai" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Bearer API keys can belong to users or service accounts. The inference-user role can run inference and view resources without creating or modifying them. An administrator can create and manage service-account keys.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid usage with a documented $1 starter credit before adding a payment method. Standard GPT OSS 120B is $0.15 input, $0.015 cached input and $0.60 output per million tokens. 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Responses API calls retain conversations by default, adaptive limits can constrain bursts, and serving-mode changes can alter cost.", "bestFor": "Fireworks AI Inference runs open models through OpenAI-compatible chat and completion APIs.", "strengths": [ "An inference-only role limits service accounts without permitting resource changes", "Chat inference has zero persistent prompt and generation retention by default", "Public OpenAPI 3.1, per-model pricing and documented retry guidance" ], "weaknesses": [ "The Responses API stores conversations for 30 days by default unless store is false", "Adaptive limits vary by account, model and traffic history; bursts can still be rejected", "Priority, Fast and US-only serving paths have different availability and prices" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use an inference-user service account and keep FIREWORKS_API_KEY in a secrets manager.", "Use https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1 for OpenAI-compatible requests and the complete accounts/fireworks/models identifier.", "Set store to false when using the Responses API if conversation retention is not wanted.", "Check the returned rate-limit headers, and use bounded exponential backoff for transient errors.", "Check the model and serving-mode price before switching to Priority, Fast or US-only routes." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 4.3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 73.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 40, "reliability": 70, "schema": 93, "security": 85, "transparency": 60 }, "provenanceScore": 71 }, "connect": { "http": "curl 'https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1/chat/completions' -H \"Authorization: Bearer $FIREWORKS_API_KEY\" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"model\": \"accounts/fireworks/models/gpt-oss-120b\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"Say hello.\"}], \"max_tokens\": 128}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/fireworks-inference" }, "sameCompany": [ "fireworks-fine-tuning" ], "area": "models", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "GPT OSS 120B input", "unit": "1m-tokens", "usd": 0.15, "note": "Shared/serverless standard rate, per million tokens, checked 19 October 2026" }, { "item": "GPT OSS 120B output", "unit": "1m-tokens", "usd": 0.6, "note": "Shared/serverless standard rate, per million tokens, checked 19 October 2026" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Fireworks.ai, Inc.", "domain": "fireworks.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://fireworks.ai/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://fireworks.ai/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.fireworks.ai", "changelog": "https://docs.fireworks.ai/updates/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-19", "notes": [ "Legal identity comes from the vendor policy pages. Domain registration was not checked.", "The SDK repository is not the source for the hosted inference service.", "The existing policy reading marks terms unreadable under robots.txt. The well-known security.txt returned 404." ], "score": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fireworks-inference.json", "live": { "slug": "fireworks-inference", "probe": { "target": "https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-19T09:34:29.300220189Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 19, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 12, "p95ms24h": 29, "samples24h": 20, "samples30d": 20, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 20, "ok": 20 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.fireworks.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T09:27:21.523990293Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T09:34:29.300220189Z" } }, "answer": "Fireworks AI Inference scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Vercel AI Gateway's 66.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. 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Vercel's security bulletin says an attacker took over an employee's account through a compromised third-party AI tool, reached internal systems and decrypted non-sensitive environment variables of a limited subset of customers. AI Gateway was generally available then, and its docs have deployments keep AI Gateway and Token Pass API keys as environment variables. The bulletin documents remediation and marks the incident closed on 16 October 2026, so 3 of a possible 15 is taken, as for vercel-connect (https://vercel.com/kb/bulletin/vercel-april-2026-security-incident)." ], "verdict": "Token prices pass through with no markup, prompts are not stored by the gateway, and budgets, provider failover and per-request logs are built in. The free monthly credit needs a card on file, rate limits are not published as numbers, no SLA covers the API, and the contractual promise not to train on content applies to Enterprise subscriptions only.", "bestFor": "Teams that want one key, one bill, budgets and failover in front of many model providers, especially on Vercel with OIDC.", "strengths": [ "Token prices are each provider's list price with no markup or platform fee, including requests made with the customer's own provider keys", "The model list at `GET /v1/models` needs no key and gives prices, context windows, supported parameters and ZDR and no-training flags for 474 models", "Budgets per team, project, API key or team member reject spend with a 402, distinct from a 429 rate limit", "The gateway logs request metadata only. Prompt and response content is deleted when the request completes, per the FAQ and the ZDR page", "Failed provider attempts are retried on a model's other providers, and every routing attempt appears in the request logs" ], "weaknesses": [ "The free monthly credit needs a valid payment method on the team, and its amount is not stated in the reviewed docs", "No rate-limit numbers are published, and the Enterprise SLA excludes the APIs, so the inference API carries no uptime commitment", "The contractual promise not to train on AI Gateway content covers Enterprise subscriptions only. Provider no-training and ZDR filters are opt-in per request", "A failed BYOK request falls back to Vercel's credentials and is billed to credits, and the no-training filter is not applied to BYOK", "Token Pass is early access for Pro teams only, covers two models, has no failover and fails with a 403 once the $80 credit is spent" ], "agentNotes": [ "Read `GET https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models` without a key to pick a model ID and check its price, context, ZDR and no-training flags before calling", "Set `zeroDataRetention` or `disallowPromptTraining` to true in `providerOptions.gateway` on sensitive requests. Default routing ignores provider retention and training policies", "Treat a 429 as retryable and honour `retry-after` when present. A 402 with `quota_for_entity_exceeded` is a spent budget, so do not retry it", "On a Token Pass key, a 403 with `no_providers_available` means spent credit or a model outside the pass. 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"by": 4, "edge": "vercel-ai-gateway", "fireworks-inference": 70, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "vercel-ai-gateway": 74, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 19, "edge": "fireworks-inference", "fireworks-inference": 93, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "vercel-ai-gateway": 74, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "vercel-ai-gateway", "fireworks-inference": 80, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "vercel-ai-gateway": 83, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "fireworks-inference", "fireworks-inference": 85, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "vercel-ai-gateway": 79, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "fireworks-inference", "fireworks-inference": 40, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "vercel-ai-gateway": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 14, "edge": "vercel-ai-gateway", "fireworks-inference": 65, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "vercel-ai-gateway": 79, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "vercel-ai-gateway", "fireworks-inference": 66, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "vercel-ai-gateway": 70, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Fireworks AI Inference scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Vercel AI Gateway's 66.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Vercel AI Gateway leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do llm inference.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "fireworks-inference": "Inference-only service accounts, published model prices and chat zero data retention support production integrations. Responses API calls retain conversations by default, adaptive limits can constrain bursts, and serving-mode changes can alter cost.", "vercel-ai-gateway": "Token prices pass through with no markup, prompts are not stored by the gateway, and budgets, provider failover and per-request logs are built in. The free monthly credit needs a card on file, rate limits are not published as numbers, no SLA covers the API, and the contractual promise not to train on content applies to Enterprise subscriptions only." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-vercel-ai-gateway", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.min.md" }, "markdown": "Fireworks AI Inference scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Vercel AI Gateway's 66.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Vercel AI Gateway leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do llm inference.\n\n- Fireworks AI Inference: grade BB, 73.5/100, rank #93 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fireworks-inference.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fireworks-inference.json\n- Vercel AI Gateway: grade B, 66.7/100, rank #306 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 407 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Fireworks AI Inference (BB)\n\nGood for: Fireworks AI Inference runs open models through OpenAI-compatible chat and completion APIs.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 93 against 74\n- Security \u0026 auth, 85 against 79\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.3 against 3.0 out of 5\n- No incidents deducted, where Vercel AI Gateway loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: The Responses API stores conversations for 30 days by default unless store is false\n\n### Vercel AI Gateway (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want one key, one bill, budgets and failover in front of many model providers, especially on Vercel with OIDC.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 65\n\nWatch for: The free monthly credit needs a valid payment method on the team, and its amount is not stated in the reviewed docs\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Fireworks AI Inference | Vercel AI Gateway | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 74 | Vercel AI Gateway +4 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 93 | 74 | Fireworks AI Inference +19 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 83 | Vercel AI Gateway +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 85 | 79 | Fireworks AI Inference +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 20 | Fireworks AI Inference +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 79 | Vercel AI Gateway +14 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 66 | 70 | Vercel AI Gateway +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **73.5 · BB** | **66.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Fireworks AI Inference | Vercel AI Gateway |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Model router |\n| Vendor | Fireworks.ai, Inc. | Vercel Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1` | `https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary hosted service. The official Python SDK is Apache-2.0; served models retain their own licences. | Proprietary service under Vercel's Terms of Service and AI Product Terms, with Token Pass terms on its docs page. Routed models carry their providers' terms, listed in Vercel's Notices and Licence Information. The `@ai-sdk/gateway` provider is Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-18 | 2026-10-17 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-06-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-06-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 10 stars | 29.6M npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4.3/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Fireworks AI Inference.** Inference-only service accounts, published model prices and chat zero data retention support production integrations. Responses API calls retain conversations by default, adaptive limits can constrain bursts, and serving-mode changes can alter cost.\n\n**Vercel AI Gateway.** Token prices pass through with no markup, prompts are not stored by the gateway, and budgets, provider failover and per-request logs are built in. The free monthly credit needs a card on file, rate limits are not published as numbers, no SLA covers the API, and the contractual promise not to train on content applies to Enterprise subscriptions only.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Fireworks AI Inference\n\n1. Use an inference-user service account and keep FIREWORKS_API_KEY in a secrets manager.\n2. Use https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1 for OpenAI-compatible requests and the complete accounts/fireworks/models identifier.\n3. Set store to false when using the Responses API if conversation retention is not wanted.\n4. Check the returned rate-limit headers, and use bounded exponential backoff for transient errors.\n5. Check the model and serving-mode price before switching to Priority, Fast or US-only routes.\n\n### Vercel AI Gateway\n\n1. Read `GET https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models` without a key to pick a model ID and check its price, context, ZDR and no-training flags before calling\n2. Set `zeroDataRetention` or `disallowPromptTraining` to true in `providerOptions.gateway` on sensitive requests. Default routing ignores provider retention and training policies\n3. Treat a 429 as retryable and honour `retry-after` when present. A 402 with `quota_for_entity_exceeded` is a spent budget, so do not retry it\n4. On a Token Pass key, a 403 with `no_providers_available` means spent credit or a model outside the pass. Retry with a standard AI Gateway key, which bills credits\n5. Set `inferenceRegion` when data residency matters. The default `global` may run inference outside the user's jurisdiction\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Fireworks AI Inference or Vercel AI Gateway?\n\nFireworks AI Inference scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Vercel AI Gateway's 66.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Vercel AI Gateway leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Fireworks AI Inference and Vercel AI Gateway need an API key?\n\nFireworks AI Inference needs an API key. Vercel AI Gateway takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Fireworks AI Inference and Vercel AI Gateway without installing anything?\n\nYes. Fireworks AI Inference has a hosted endpoint at https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1 and Vercel AI Gateway at https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"fireworks-inference\", \"b\": \"vercel-ai-gateway\"}`. 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