DeepSeek models now available via Azure on AI Gateway
Azure is now available as a provider for DeepSeek V4 Pro and V4 Flash models on Vercel's AI Gateway, enabling automatic failover routing and custom provider ordering without code changes. Users can bring their own Azure credentials and leverage the unified API for unified cost tracking and failover management.
Azure is now a provider for DeepSeek V4 Pro and V4 Flash on .AI Gateway
Requests to either model can route through Azure alongside the existing providers for another failover path. No code changes are required: default routing considers Azure automatically, and if a provider fails the gateway falls back through the remaining list.
If you want requests to try Azure first, use in the gateway provider options to prefer Azure while keeping the other providers as fallback for or in the :orderdeepseek/deepseek-v4-prodeepseek/deepseek-v4-flashAI SDK
If you have existing Azure credentials, you can bring your own key and AI Gateway will use it for requests routed to Azure. See for setup.API key authentication and BYOK
AI Gateway provides a unified API for calling models, tracking usage and cost, and configuring retries, failover, and performance optimizations for higher-than-provider uptime. It includes built-in , , , and more. AI Gateway reflects provider pricing with no markup and does not charge a platform fee on inference, including on (BYOK) requests.custom reportingZero Data Retention supportbudgets for API keysBring Your Own Key
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