Inception
Developer of proprietary Mercury diffusion language models for reasoning, coding, typed decisions and low-latency agent workflows.
Nine named current, legacy and managed records reviewed. Live discovery, endpoint docs, promotional pricing and known source conflicts retained. Earlier next-edit aliases and account-specific contracts remain open.
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Estimate = (input tokens × input price + output tokens × output price) / 1,000,000. Include conversation history in input and billed reasoning in output. Input-only decision models ignore the output setting; enter all billed input for one decision, including its question and criteria. Media, tools and discounts are separate.
9 models
| Compare | Model | Input tokensPublished limit* | Output tokensMaximum per response* | Input pricePer 1M tokens | Output pricePer 1M tokens | Cost per question1,000 input + 500 outputEstimated · uncached |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128,000context tokens | 50,000max output tokens | $0.25/ 1M tokensStandard rates | $0.75/ 1M tokens | $0.000625Inception APIPrice details ↗ | ||
| 260,000context tokens | 65,536max output tokens | $0.04/ 1M tokens80% promotion · end date unpublished | $0.15/ 1M tokens | $0.000115Inception APIPrice details ↗ | ||
| 128,000context tokens | 50,000max output tokens | $0.20/ 1M tokens50% launch promotion · end date unpublished | $0.75/ 1M tokens | $0.000575Inception APIPrice details ↗ | ||
| 32,000context tokens | 8,192max output tokens | $0.25/ 1M tokensStandard rates | $0.75/ 1M tokens | $0.000625Inception APIPrice details ↗ | ||
| 20,971,520request body limit | Not collected | Usage pricing $0.02 / 1M tokensInput tokens · Inception API$0.00 / 1M tokensOutput tokens · Inception APIRates & conditions ↗ | Different billing unitPrice details ↗ | |||
| Not collected | Not collected | Usage pricingNot collected | Needs rate detailsPrice details ↗ | |||
| 32,000context tokens | 16,000max output tokens | Usage pricingNot collected | Needs rate detailsPrice details ↗ | |||
| Not collected | Not collected | Historical pricing $0.25 / 1M tokensInput tokens · Inception API$1.00 / 1M tokensOutput tokens · Inception APIRates & conditions ↗ | No text-only estimatePrice details ↗ | |||
| Not collected | Not collected | Usage pricingNot collected | Task-based pricingPrice details ↗ | |||
* Media models show their native limits. A shared context window includes both input and output tokens.
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Closed-weight model variants and explicitly identified closed-source managed model components across language, code, image, video, audio and other documented modalities. Global provider and historical-release coverage is being expanded; this is not yet exhaustive. 172 company reviews are still open.
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