# Tencent Hy4 vs Vercel AI Gateway (slim)

> Vercel AI Gateway scores 69 (B) to Tencent Hy4's 64 (B) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Vercel AI Gateway scores 69 (B) on agent readiness against Tencent Hy4's 64 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Tencent Hy4 leads on payments & pricing. Both do llm inference.

- Tencent Hy4: B 64, rank #595 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hy4.min.md
- Vercel AI Gateway: B 69, rank #351 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.min.md
- Tencent Hy4, good for Long-context agent work, coding and office or finance tasks on a 1M-token context with images, for teams already on Tencent Cloud or happy to verify an account there. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 45 against 30. Also No incidents deducted, where Vercel AI Gateway loses 3 points for them.
- Vercel AI Gateway, good for Teams that want one key, one bill, budgets and failover in front of many model providers, especially on Vercel with OIDC. Ahead on Reliability, 79 against 46; Security & auth, 79 against 71; Maintenance & community, 79 against 73; Transparency & trust, 71 against 52. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Tencent Hy4 | Vercel AI Gateway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 46 | 79 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 86 | 83 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Tencent Hy4 | Vercel AI Gateway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | Model router |
| Vendor | Tencent (Hy team) | Vercel |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Hosted model under the Tencent Cloud TokenHub terms. Tencent says weights and a system card will follow; no licence is stated yet | 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 |
| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-30 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-06-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-06-01 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | none | 29.6M npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reliability, Vercel AI Gateway +33: Tencent Hy4 46 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Vercel AI Gateway 79 (Hosted reading.)
- Transparency & trust, Vercel AI Gateway +19: Tencent Hy4 52 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Vercel AI Gateway 71 (Closed service under the Terms of Service last updated 19 October 2026, the AI Product Terms with an AI Gateway section, and Token Pass terms on its docs page.)
- Payments & pricing, Tencent Hy4 +15: Tencent Hy4 45 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Vercel AI Gateway 30 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0).)
- Security & auth, Vercel AI Gateway +8: Tencent Hy4 71 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Vercel AI Gateway 79 (Router, read on the model lines.)
- Maintenance & community, Vercel AI Gateway +6: Tencent Hy4 73 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); Vercel AI Gateway 79 (Closed service, read on the model lines.)