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Inception Mercury 3

Inception Mercury 3 is a Inception model with Not verified context, $0.10 in / $0.35 out per million tokens, last verified October 25, 2026. Open weights: not verified. Public-board scores are linked to the publisher; vendor-only figures stay in the watch-out, not on the board.

Inception's current diffusion text model for latency-sensitive chat, tool use and structured workflows, with a publisher-advertised 1M context.

Recorded profile verification October 25, 2026Individual provider fields may change

AI model specification details
SpecificationInception Mercury 3
ProviderInception
TierBalanced
Context windowNot verifiedUnverified
Max output131K
Input / 1M tokens$0.10
Output / 1M tokens$0.35
WeightsNot verifiedUnverified
ParametersNot verifiedUnverified
Reasoning levelsinstant, low, medium, high
Modalitiestext
API model idmercury-3
ReleasedOctober 19, 2026

Pricing tiers: Launch promotion is 50% off: $0.10 input/$0.35 output per million tokens, cached input $0.01. Regular rates are $0.20/$0.70, cached $0.02. The current announcement and model list do not state a promotion end date. Native Inception API prices are separate from partner routes and introductory credits.

Best for

  • Latency-sensitive text
  • Agentic workflows
  • Structured output

Watch out

The model list gives an exact 131,072 output cap but rounds context to 1M, so an exact combined-token context ceiling is unverified. Omitted reasoning_effort defaults to low for Mercury 3, unlike the medium default for Mercury 2.5/2. Temperature is documented from 0.5 to 1.0. Vendor throughput, comparative benchmark and customer-harness claims are not independent verified leaderboard observations. The launch promotion has no verified end date; public weights, licence and parameter count are unverified.

History

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Common questions

Inception Mercury 3

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

How much does Inception Mercury 3 cost per million tokens?
Inception Mercury 3 lists base rates of $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.35 per million output tokens. Estimate both input and output token volume and any additional charges for your workload. Launch promotion is 50% off: $0.10 input/$0.35 output per million tokens, cached input $0.01. Regular rates are $0.20/$0.70, cached $0.02. The current announcement and model list do not state a promotion end date. Native Inception API prices are separate from partner routes and introductory credits.
What is Inception Mercury 3 best for?
Inception Mercury 3 is a balanced tier from Inception. It suits latency-sensitive text, agentic workflows, structured output. The model list gives an exact 131,072 output cap but rounds context to 1M, so an exact combined-token context ceiling is unverified. Omitted reasoning_effort defaults to low for Mercury 3, unlike the medium default for Mercury 2.5/2. Temperature is documented from 0.5 to 1.0. Vendor throughput, comparative benchmark and customer-harness claims are not independent verified leaderboard observations. The launch promotion has no verified end date; public weights, licence and parameter count are unverified.
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