Recraft V4 Now Available on AI Gateway

Recraft V4, a professional-grade text-to-image model, is now integrated into Vercel's AI Gateway. Developed with input from working designers, this model addresses real-world needs for design and marketing use cases.

Key Improvements

The V4 model delivers significant improvements in photorealism, featuring:

• Realistic skin rendering and natural textures with fewer synthetic artifacts
• Clean lighting and varied composition for professional-quality output
• Better character generation for illustration work with less predictable, more original color palettes

Two Model Variants

V4 - The standard version optimized for speed and cost efficiency, ideal for everyday design work and rapid iteration cycles.

V4 Pro - The premium variant that generates higher-resolution images suitable for print-ready assets and large-scale deployment.

Integration with AI SDK

Developers can integrate Recraft V4 immediately using Vercel's AI SDK by specifying the model parameter:

const result = await generateImage({
  model: 'recraft/recraft-v4',
  prompt: 'Product photo of a ceramic coffee mug on a wooden table, morning light, shallow depth of field.'
});

AI Gateway Benefits

Beyond model access, AI Gateway provides unified API infrastructure including usage tracking, cost monitoring, intelligent retry logic, provider failover, and built-in observability features. The service also supports bring-your-own-key authentication for leveraging existing provider accounts.