# DeepSeek models now available via Azure on AI Gateway

> Source: <https://vercel.com/changelog/deepseek-models-now-available-via-azure-on-ai-gateway>
> Published: 2026-06-11 00:00:00+00:00

Azure is now a provider for DeepSeek V4 Pro and V4 Flash on [AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/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 `order`

in the gateway provider options to prefer Azure while keeping the other providers as fallback for `deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro`

or `deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash`

in the [AI SDK](https://ai-sdk.dev/):

If you have existing Azure credentials, you can bring your own key and AI Gateway will use it for requests routed to Azure. See [API key authentication and BYOK](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/authentication-and-byok) for setup.

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 [custom reporting](https://vercel.com/changelog/custom-reporting-ai-gateway), [Zero Data Retention support](https://vercel.com/blog/zdr-on-ai-gateway), [budgets for API keys](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/authentication-and-byok/api-keys), and more. AI Gateway reflects provider pricing with no markup and does not charge a platform fee on inference, including on [Bring Your Own Key](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway#bring-your-own-key) (BYOK) requests.

Learn more about [AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway), view the [AI Gateway model leaderboard](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/leaderboards) or try it in our [model playground](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/deepseek-v4-pro).