# Beam 1.0 vs Vercel AI Gateway (slim)

> Vercel AI Gateway scores 66.7 (B) to Beam 1.0's 53.4 (D) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Vercel AI Gateway scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Beam 1.0's 53.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Beam 1.0 leads on schema & documentation. Both do llm inference.

- Beam 1.0: D 53.4, rank #786 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-beam.min.md
- Vercel AI Gateway: B 66.7, rank #302 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.min.md
- Beam 1.0, good for An OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a large open-weight coding and agent model, for builders who want the same model hosted or self-hosted under Apache-2.0. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 84 against 74. 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 40; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 67; Security & auth, 79 against 46; Maintenance & community, 79 against 50. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.5 out of 5.

| Category | Beam 1.0 | Vercel AI Gateway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 74 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 83 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 50 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Beam 1.0 | Vercel AI Gateway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | Model router |
| Vendor | Reflection | Vercel Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1` | `https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Licence | Weights under Apache-2.0. The hosted Reflection API is a closed service under Reflection AI, Inc.'s commercial terms of service | 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 | 2026-10-16 | 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 | none | 29.6M npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |