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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Inception / Mercury

Mercury Coder Small

Proprietary diffusion language model from Inception.

historicalClosed weightsCoding
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 15 Oct 2026
7 of 16 specification fields collected
Context window32K32,000 tokens
Maximum output16K16,000 tokens
Input billingNot collectedInception API
Output billingNot collectedNo inferred price

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Context / input limit
32,000 tokensSource for Context / input limit (opens in a new tab)

Historical launch contract, not a verified current limit.

Maximum input tokens
Not collected

No exact model-specific contract established in the reviewed evidence.

Maximum output
16,000 tokensSource for Maximum output (opens in a new tab)

Historical launch contract.

Parameters
Not collected

No exact model-specific contract established in the reviewed evidence.

Release date
Not collected

No exact model-specific contract established in the reviewed evidence.

Knowledge cutoff
Not collected

No exact model-specific contract established in the reviewed evidence.

Reasoning
Not collected

No exact model-specific contract established in the reviewed evidence.

Tool calling
SupportedSource for Tool calling (opens in a new tab)

Historical chat endpoint only.

Structured output
Not collected

No exact model-specific contract established in the reviewed evidence.

Batch processing
Not collected

No exact model-specific contract established in the reviewed evidence.

Fine-tuning
Not collected

No exact model-specific contract established in the reviewed evidence.

Context caching
Not collected

No exact model-specific contract established in the reviewed evidence.

Architecture
Diffusion language model using parallel iterative refinement.Source for Architecture (opens in a new tab)

Exact parameter count and layer architecture are not published here.

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

API model ID
mercury-coder-small
Access
Historical API launch. Current entitlement, exact alias resolution and prices are unverified.
Regions
Deployment-dependent; complete serving region inventory unverified.
API endpoint
POST /v1/chat/completionsSource for API endpoint (opens in a new tab)
Generation controls
Optional diffusing mode streams iterative noisy refinements; noisy intermediate tokens were not billed.Source for Generation controls (opens in a new tab)

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Terms permit using submissions for model training unless the user disables “Improve the model for everyone” in API Platform settings. The privacy policy uses purpose-dependent retention, not a fixed universal period. The FAQ says custom zero-retention arrangements are handled case by case; enterprise agreements may differ.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
mercury-coder-small
Access
Historical API launch. Current entitlement, exact alias resolution and prices are unverified.
Regions
Deployment-dependent; complete serving region inventory unverified.
API endpoint
POST /v1/fim/completionsSource for API endpoint (opens in a new tab)
Generation controls
Optional diffusing mode streams iterative noisy refinements; noisy intermediate tokens were not billed.Source for Generation controls (opens in a new tab)

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Terms permit using submissions for model training unless the user disables “Improve the model for everyone” in API Platform settings. The privacy policy uses purpose-dependent retention, not a fixed universal period. The FAQ says custom zero-retention arrangements are handled case by case; enterprise agreements may differ.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Inception API · enterprise deployment

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
Not collected

No exact callable model selector established for this offering.

Access
Original announcement offers enterprise API and on-premises options, including customization. Current delivery terms require confirmation.
Regions
Deployment-dependent; complete serving region inventory unverified.
Fine-tuning
SupportedSource for Fine-tuning (opens in a new tab)

Historical enterprise offering, not public self-service.

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Terms permit using submissions for model training unless the user disables “Improve the model for everyone” in API Platform settings. The privacy policy uses purpose-dependent retention, not a fixed universal period. The FAQ says custom zero-retention arrangements are handled case by case; enterprise agreements may differ.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Inception API

mercury-coder-small
Not verified

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

How it works
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

How to enable it
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Usage fields
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Billing rules
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 15 Oct 2026

Inception API

mercury-coder-small
Not verified

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

How it works
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

How to enable it
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Usage fields
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Billing rules
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 15 Oct 2026

Inception API · enterprise deployment

Not verified

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

How it works
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

How to enable it
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Usage fields
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Billing rules
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No version-specific prompt-cache contract established.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 15 Oct 2026

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

Inception’s own Trust Center describes the Mercury family as proprietary. Public API and enterprise deployment access do not establish public weights.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed