API pricing
Inception API pricing
Inception API prices run from $0.04 per million input tokens (Mercury 2.5) to $0.25 (Mercury 2). Its highest-ranked model, Mercury 2, costs $0.25 input and $0.75 output per million tokens.
Last verified
| Cached input | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury 2.5 | $0.04 | $0.15 | $0.004 | $0.0675 | 260K | 33.5 |
| Mercury 2 | $0.25 | $0.75 | $0.025 | $0.38 | 128K | 39.1 |
| Mercury Edit 2 | $0.25 | $0.75 | $0.025 | $0.38 | 32K | — |
Prices on other platforms
The same models are often sold through clouds and resellers at different rates.
| Model | Route | Input | Output | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury 2 | inception | $0.25 | $0.75 | 2026-10-10 |
| openrouter | $0.25 | $0.75 | 2026-10-10 | |
| Mercury 2.5 | inception | $0.04 | $0.15 | 2026-10-10 |
| openrouter | $0.04 | $0.15 | 2026-10-10 | |
| Mercury Edit 2 | inception | $0.25 | $0.75 | 2026-10-10 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Inception API cost?
Inception API prices run from $0.04 per million input tokens (Mercury 2.5) to $0.25 (Mercury 2). Its highest-ranked model, Mercury 2, costs $0.25 input and $0.75 output per million tokens.
Does Inception discount cached input?
Yes. Cached input is billed at a lower rate on 3 of the 3 priced models; the cached rate is listed next to each model.