Inception API pricing
All 5 Inception models with a listed API price, cheapest input from $0.04 per 1M tokens OpenRouter routed quote. Sort by price, context window or benchmark, filter by capability, and copy the exact model ID for any serving provider. Listed prices from LiteLLM, OpenRouter and Vercel.
Models
5
with a listed price
Cheapest input
$0.04
per 1M tokens
Cheapest output
$0.15
per 1M tokens
Max context
260K
tokens
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day.
Capability
| Mercury 2.5 | Inception | Released Sep 8, 2026 | 260K | from $0.04 Routed quote | from $0.15 Routed quote | 12.3 | n/a | n/a | 3 providers |
| Mercury 2 | Inception | Released Feb 24, 2026 | 128K | from $0.25 via Inception | from $0.75 via Inception | 13.8 | 27% | 77% | 3 providers |
| Mercury 2.5 Preview | Inception | First listed Sep 2026 | 260K | $0.04 Routed quote | $0.15 Routed quote | n/a | n/a | n/a | inception/mercury-2.5-preview |
| Mercury Coder Small | Inception | Released Jan 1, 2024 | 32K | $0.25 Routed quote | $1.00 Routed quote | n/a | n/a | n/a | Vercel cheapest inception/mercury-coder-small |
| Mercury Edit 2 | Inception | Released Mar 30, 2026 | 32K | $0.25 via Text Completion Inception | $0.75 via Text Completion Inception | n/a | n/a | n/a | Text Completion Inception cheapest text-completion-inception/mercury-edit-2 |
Input $/1M
from$0.04
Routed quoteOutput $/1M
from$0.15
Routed quoteIntelligence12.33 providers
Input $/1M
from$0.25
via InceptionOutput $/1M
from$0.75
via InceptionIntelligence13.83 providers
Input $/1M
$0.04
Routed quoteOutput $/1M
$0.15
Routed quoteIntelligencen/aOpenRouter
Input $/1M
$0.25
Routed quoteOutput $/1M
$1.00
Routed quoteIntelligencen/aVercel
Input $/1M
$0.25
via Text Completion InceptionOutput $/1M
$0.75
via Text Completion InceptionIntelligencen/aText Completion Inception
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Listed prices from LiteLLM, OpenRouter and Vercel · catalogue refreshed Oct 14, 2026 · 1 price older, back to Sep 8, 2026
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