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Vercel AI SDK
shipTypeScript toolkit for AI apps — unified providers, streaming UI primitives.
ai-sdk.devVerified 2026-08-15
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The default glue for AI features in TypeScript apps: one interface across OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, streaming primitives, and React hooks that just work. Saves real weeks.
Known limitations
- The abstraction leaks on advanced provider-specific features.
- Docs and examples churn with fast releases.
- TypeScript/JavaScript only.
Facts
- pricing
- free1
- price note
- free, open source
- free tier
- yes
- open source
- yes
- api
- yes
- self-host
- yes
- category
- dev-infra
Sources
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Same shelf — dev-infra
Fireworks AI
dev-infra
Fast inference platform for open models — serverless and on-demand GPUs.
APIFREE TIER
freemium$1 starter credits; serverless from $0.10/1M tokens; on-demand GPU from $7/hr
Groq
dev-infra
Ultra-fast inference on custom LPU hardware — open models at 500+ tok/s.
APIFREE TIER
freemiumfree tier; from $0.05/1M tokens (small models)
Hugging Face
dev-infra
The GitHub of AI — models, datasets, Spaces and inference endpoints.
APIFREE TIER
freemiumfree; PRO $9/mo; inference pay-as-you-go