Trains the Mercury diffusion models and sells them on its own API. It sells 4 of the models we track, and trades as Inception Labs, based in US.

Is Inception cheaper than buying from the maker?

0 of its 4 prices are below the maker's own price. None of them comes with a published reason, so none of them leads a ranking.

Does Inception train on what you send it?

Inception does not say whether it trains on what you send it. It does not say how long it keeps requests.

They come from the public catalogs we read, read every 3 days; the reading on this page is from 31 Oct 2026. Prices exclude tax.

Prices checked 31 Oct

Inception sells 4 prices on 4 models, from $0.16 per million tokens, checked 31 Oct.

Cheapest

Mercury 3

1M context · tool calling · reasoning

Inception

The least you pay per million tokens at Inception.

Most widely sold

Mercury 2.5

260k context · tool calling · reasoning

Inception

10 providers sell it, so you can hold this price against theirs.

Kind

Maker

based in US

Free tier

every price is paid

What is Inception?: Trains the Mercury diffusion models and sells them on its own API. It sells 4 of the models we track, and trades as Inception Labs, based in US.
Is Inception cheaper than buying from the maker?: 0 of its 4 prices are below the maker's own price. None of them comes with a published reason, so none of them leads a ranking.
Does Inception train on what you send it?: Inception does not say whether it trains on what you send it. It does not say how long it keeps requests.
How current are these Inception prices?: They come from the public catalogs we read, read every 3 days; the reading on this page is from 31 Oct 2026. Prices exclude tax.

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