- Mercury 2.5 — $0.11 sample workload
- Mercury 3 — $0.28 sample workload
- Mercury 2.5 Preview — $0.57 sample workload
- Mercury 2 — $0.62 sample workload
Inception LLM API Models & Pricing
Browse Inception LLM API models with normalized prompt pricing, output pricing, context windows, release dates, and popularity signals.
4Models tracked
4Priced models
0Popular models
1Latest releases
Provider shortlist
Use Inception as a model-level shortlist, not a single default choice.
Start from the cost, context, and popularity picks below, then open the model pages or head-to-head comparisons before choosing an API.
Cost pick
Mercury 2.5
$0.11 sample workload
Context pick
Mercury 3
1M context window
Popular pick
No current pick
No popular models are available.
When to avoid
Verify model fit
Do not choose by provider name alone. Compare model-level input price, output price, context window, release timing, and current availability before production use.
- Mercury 3 — 1M
- Mercury 2.5 — 260K
- Mercury 2.5 Preview — 260K
- Mercury 2 — 128K
Inception comparisons
Search Inception comparisons| Comparison | Sample Cost Winner | Larger Context | Newest Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| NewBeam 1.0 501B A23B vs NewMercury 3 | Mercury 3 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | |
| 🔥Claude Opus 5.5 vs NewMercury 3 | Mercury 3 | Tie | |
| NewCrouton Alpha vs NewMercury 3 | Crouton Alpha | Crouton Alpha | |
| New🔥DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs NewMercury 3 | Mercury 3 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | |
| 🔥DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs NewMercury 3 | Mercury 3 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | |
| NewFlint (free) vs NewMercury 3 | Flint (free) | Mercury 3 | |
| NewGlimpse vs NewMercury 3 | Mercury 3 | Mercury 3 | |
| 🔥GLM 5.3 Flash vs NewMercury 3 | GLM 5.3 Flash | GLM 5.3 Flash |
Cross-Provider Alternatives
Open alternatives hubUse this shortlist when Inception is not a hard requirement and your first constraint is workload cost.
| Alternative | Provider | Sample Cost | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NewCrouton Alpha | stealth | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1.05M |
| NewFlint (free) | Recursive | $0 | $0 | $0 | 262.14K |
| NewMiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) | MiniMax | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1M |
| NewXing4.0 29B A4B (free) | XingChen | $0 | $0 | $0 | 262.14K |
| Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) | NVIDIA | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1M |
| Apodex 1.1 Mini (free) | Apodex | $0 | $0 | $0 | 262.14K |
Inception model catalog
Browse all models| Model | Prompt | Output | Context | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NewMercury 3 | $0.1 | $0.35 | 1M | |
| Mercury 2.5 | $0.04 | $0.15 | 260K | |
| Mercury 2.5 Preview | $0.2 | $0.75 | 260K | |
| Mercury 2 | $0.25 | $0.75 | 128K |