# Router.com (Ramp Router) vs Vercel AI Gateway (slim)

> Vercel AI Gateway scores 66.8 (B) to Router.com's 54.5 (C) for model routing. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Vercel AI Gateway scores 66.8 (B) on agent readiness against Router.com (Ramp Router)'s 54.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Router.com (Ramp Router) leads on payments & pricing. Both do model routing.

- Router.com (Ramp Router): C 54.5, rank #798 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp-router.min.md
- Vercel AI Gateway: B 66.8, rank #315 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.min.md
- Router.com (Ramp Router), good for Teams in the US that want one key for OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and open-weight models, with routing to cheaper tiers and per-request cost, and can switch off content recording. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 20. 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, 74 against 25; Schema & documentation, 74 against 58; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 77; Security & auth, 79 against 66; Maintenance & community, 79 against 59.

| Category | Router.com (Ramp Router) | Vercel AI Gateway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 74 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 58 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 83 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 59 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Router.com (Ramp Router) | Vercel AI Gateway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ramp | Vercel Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.router.com/v1` | `https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Closed service under the Router Terms of Service (last updated 31 August 2026). The Ramp CLI that configures coding agents for Router is MIT. | 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 | 2026-10-27 | 2026-10-17 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-06-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-06-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 1.7k npm/wk | 29.6M npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |