Inception: Mercury 3
budgetinception/mercury-3
Mercury 3 is a diffusion-based language model from Inception, and the lab's most capable model to date. It is suited for agentic workflows and real-time applications where latency compounds, such...
AA INDEXN/A
CONTEXT1000K
MODALITYtext->text
OPENNESSProprietary
ADDEDOct 2026
LAST PRICED25 min ago
Input
$0.10 /M
Output
$0.35 /M
Blended (40/60)
$0.25 /M
Cost / IQ
N/A /M
Cost / IQ = Blended Price ÷ (AA Intelligence Score ÷ 40). Normalises price by model intelligence so you can compare value across tiers. Lower = better value per unit of intelligence. Not a transactional price. No AA score available for this model.
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Price History
30-day view, daily close
Low: $0.25/M
High: $0.25/M
Average: $0.25/M
Pricing Variants
Cached Input
$0.01/M
90% cheaper than standard
Provider Comparison
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| Provider | Input $/M | Output $/M | Blended $/M ↑ | vs Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓Inception | $0.10 | $0.35 | $0.25 | median |
Blended price = 40% input + 60% output. Median price shown in header is the reference price for this model.
Cost / IQ Comparison
Cost / IQ (quality-adjusted $/M)N/A (no AA score)
Cost per GPT-4-equivalent token. Lower = better value. Comparable across all models.
At or below SIT TPI
Value Ranking (by Cost / IQ)
Rank #45 of 189 budget models
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API Access
# Get this model's current price
curl https://api.inferenceindexer.ai/v1/models/inception/mercury-3
# Response (truncated)
{ "model_id": "inception/mercury-3", "name": "Inception: Mercury 3", "blended_price_per_m": 0.25, "sit_adjusted_price": null }