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Step 5 Preview · vercel

Step 5 Preview is StepFun’s flagship AI model for agentic coding, professional knowledge work, and financial analysis. Built on a sparse Mixture-of-Experts architecture with 600B total parameters and 27B active per token, it combines a 1M-token context window with vision input. From building interactive applications and debugging code to conducting research and producing analytical reports, it supports complex workflows that require sustained reasoning, tool use, and iterative refinement.

Base modelAll models on this baseAll models of the providerto the provider

Input, $/1M $1.00

Output, $/1M $2.70

Cache read $0.10

Cache write —

Context 1 048 576

Max output 1 048 576

Accepts images, text, video

Last checked 04.11.2026 12:00:14 UTC

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API

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API base URL
https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1
Endpoint
https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/chat/completions
Model id
stepfun/step-5-preview
curl
curl https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "stepfun/step-5-preview", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}], "max_tokens": 256}'
Python
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={
      "model": "stepfun/step-5-preview",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ],
      "max_tokens": 256
    },
)
print(r.json())
JavaScript
const r = await fetch("https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "stepfun/step-5-preview",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ],
    "max_tokens": 256
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
Request (JSON)
{
  "model": "stepfun/step-5-preview",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hello!"
    }
  ],
  "max_tokens": 256
}
Response (JSON)
{
  "id": "chatcmpl-...",
  "object": "chat.completion",
  "model": "stepfun/step-5-preview",
  "choices": [
    {
      "index": 0,
      "message": {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "Hi! How can I help?"
      },
      "finish_reason": "stop"
    }
  ],
  "usage": {
    "prompt_tokens": 9,
    "completion_tokens": 12,
    "total_tokens": 21
  }
}

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Source: AI Rate Card, https://airatecard.com/en/c/offer%3Avercel%7Cstepfun/step-5-preview, prices checked 2026-11-04; seller's page: https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/step-5-preview

Technical details

ID: offer:vercel|stepfun/step-5-preview