# RouterPlus vs Vercel AI Gateway (slim)

> Vercel AI Gateway scores 66.7 (B) to RouterPlus's 51.2 (D) for model routing. 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 RouterPlus's 51.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. RouterPlus leads on payments & pricing. Both do model routing.

- RouterPlus: D 51.2, rank #851 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/routerplus.min.md
- Vercel AI Gateway: B 66.7, rank #302 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.min.md
- RouterPlus, good for Teams that call Claude and GPT models from one key and want the cost of every call in the response, with their own provider keys where they have them. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 20.
- 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 45; Schema & documentation, 74 against 59; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 71; Security & auth, 79 against 62; Maintenance & community, 79 against 44; Transparency & trust, 70 against 38.

| Category | RouterPlus | Vercel AI Gateway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 74 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 59 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 83 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 44 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 38 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | RouterPlus | Vercel AI Gateway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | RouterPlus | Vercel Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.routerplus.com/v1` | `https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Closed service. No terms of service for the gateway were found on routerplus.com or app.routerplus.com on 13 October 2026. The only terms on the site govern the capacity request form and name EVO HQ Inc, a Delaware corporation (https://routerplus.com/capacity/terms/). | 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 | none | 2026-10-17 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-06-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 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 | none | 3/5 (4) |