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# Beam from @reflection_ai is free on AI Gateway for a limited time.

## Retrieval answer

**Thesis:** A temporary free model offer is most useful when its eventual pricing transition is explicit at the integration boundary.

**Thesis:** A temporary free model offer is most useful when its eventual pricing transition is explicit at the integration boundary.

**Observed facts:** Vercel announced Beam availability through AI Gateway with free use for a limited time during launch when serviced by Reflection AI. Vercel says `reflection/beam` transfers to paid pricing without downtime after the offer, while `reflection/beam-free` stops serving.

**Mechanism:** The two identifiers separate continuity through a pricing change from a hard stop when the free offer ends, making cost behavior a configuration choice. **Why now:** Beam’s newly announced Gateway availability makes the slug choice relevant to teams testing coding or agent workflows through a shared model API.

**Implication:** Teams should select the identifier that matches their budget and fallback expectations before integrating it into a workflow. **Evidence boundary:** The announcement gives no free-period end date and no independent benchmark or measured production performance results. **Watch:** Watch whether Vercel or Reflection AI announces an end date or pricing details, and whether teams migrate from the free slug before service stops.

This is a discrete availability and access-policy change, not evidence that Beam outperforms other models in production. The source documents the offer and its slug behavior; it does not report comparative task results.

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

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