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ShareAI AI Gateway vs Vercel AI Gateway: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How ShareAI Differs<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

AI Gateway<\/strong> is quickly becoming the missing layer between apps and a messy world of model vendors, keys, quotas, and outages. This guide explains what an AI gateway is, summarizes the Vercel AI Gateway<\/a>, and shows how ShareAI\u2019s open network, 70% provider payouts, and BYOI (Bring Your Own Infrastructure) with Priority over my Device<\/em> create a different path for teams that need compliance, elasticity, and choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Centralize routing, observability, and failover with an AI gateway; choose centralized vendor pools (e.g., Vercel AI Gateway) or an open decentralized network (ShareAI) with BYOI-first routing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is an AI Gateway (and why teams use one)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An AI gateway sits between your application and many model providers. It offers a single endpoint, policy-based routing (cost, latency, compliance), unified key and rate-limit management, automatic failover, and end-to-end observability. For production apps (agents, RAG, chat, search) it reduces vendor lock-in and keeps your code from hardwiring to one API.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vercel AI Gateway: the quick take<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vercel announced its gateway on May 20, 2025 to unify access to many models behind one endpoint and the AI SDK. It emphasizes simple model switching, failover, and low-latency routing, with bring-your-own-key<\/em> and no token markup called out in independent coverage. See the original post and recap: Vercel blog<\/a> and InfoQ summary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where Vercel fits best:<\/strong> teams already standardized on Vercel + AI SDK that want a polished, single-vendor gateway inside that ecosystem with built-in logs, metrics, and failover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How ShareAI\u2019s Gateway differs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1) Open network (not just \u201cbig\u201d inference vendors)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ShareAI is the people-powered AI API<\/em>. Any qualified provider (community or company) can participate, so you\u2019re not limited to a handful of centralized clouds. That means broader model choice, specialized hardware, and regional diversity. Compare options on the Model Marketplace<\/a> or recruit new providers via the Provider Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) Provider-friendly economics (70% payout per inference)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ShareAI pays providers 70% of every inference<\/strong>. Incentives for uptime and quality grow network capacity while keeping prices efficient. Providers can run idle-time or always-on, set prices, and even donate a percentage to NGOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Item<\/th>Value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Price billed to user<\/td>$1.00<\/td><\/tr>
Paid to provider (70%)<\/td>$0.70<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
ShareAI service & overhead<\/td>$0.30<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

3) BYOI with compliance-priority routing (\u201cPriority over my Device\u201d)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bring your own infrastructure (on-prem or cloud) and keep sensitive workloads under your control. With the Priority over my Device<\/strong> toggle, your<\/em> infra runs first; ShareAI only backstops when you need headroom\u2014acting like a global load balancer. This keeps data locality and compliance simple while preserving elasticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enable Priority over my Device (per API key)<\/strong>\u2014open the API Key<\/a> page in Console and toggle Priority over my Device<\/em> for the key used by your app. When ON, ShareAI routes to your connected devices first; when none qualify, requests fall back to the decentralized network. See the Priority over my Device guide<\/a> and the Console User Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) Instant scale + idle monetization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When traffic spikes, you burst into ShareAI\u2019s decentralized network with zero warm-up. When your infra is idle, you can opt-in to earn by contributing capacity back to the network. It\u2019s a win<\/em> for orgs (instant scale and compliance), a win<\/em> for providers (earnings), and a win<\/em> for users (more choice on cost\/latency).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vercel AI Gateway vs ShareAI: side-by-side<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Capability<\/th>Vercel AI Gateway<\/th>ShareAI<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Network breadth<\/td>Single endpoint for many models across major vendors (details<\/a>).<\/td>Open network: major vendors plus<\/em> independent\/community providers (browse models<\/a>).<\/td><\/tr>
BYOI & on-prem priority<\/td>Routing\/reliability focus; SDK-centric. BYOK highlighted in coverage (InfoQ<\/a>).<\/td>BYOI-first. Per-key toggle Priority over my Device<\/em> makes your infra the first hop (how it works<\/a>).<\/td><\/tr>
Failover<\/td>Automatic failover across providers (InfoQ<\/a>).<\/td>Decentralized backstop across many providers\/regions; policy-driven overflow.<\/td><\/tr>
Economics<\/td>BYOK with 0% token markup in reporting (InfoQ<\/a>).<\/td>70% payout<\/strong> to providers; transparent marketplace incentives.<\/td><\/tr>
Observability<\/td>Logs, metrics, cost tracking baked-in.<\/td>Request-level telemetry + marketplace signals (latency, uptime, reputation).<\/td><\/tr>
Developer experience<\/td>Tight AI SDK integration; minimal code to switch models.<\/td>REST\/SDKs, policy controls in Console; quickstart in the API Reference<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>
Best fit<\/td>Vercel-native stacks wanting consolidated gateway + SDK DX.<\/td>Teams needing compliance-priority BYOI, decentralized elasticity, and provider earnings.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How ShareAI routes under the hood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Request flow:<\/strong> (1) Policy & key check \u2014 the per-key toggle determines your first hop. (2) Compliance-priority routing \u2014 if your cluster\/device is online and model-eligible, it serves the request. (3) Health\/latency checks continuously monitor performance. (4) Decentralized fallback \u2014 overflow to ShareAI\u2019s network when needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provider onboarding & quality:<\/strong> join as Community or Company with Windows\/Ubuntu\/macOS\/Docker installers; reputation considers uptime, latency, and benchmark tiers. Providers control pricing and gain exposure by meeting SLOs. See the Provider Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick start: use ShareAI as your AI Gateway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n