Reasoning model for deliberate analysis, multi-step problem solving, and tool use
Mercury 3 by inception is offered by 6 providers on this page. Its official list price is $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.35 per 1M output tokens. No paid channel is priced below the official list price. Prices vary about 2.0× across the providers that host it.
The context window is 1,000,000 tokens, with an output limit of 131,072 tokens. It supports reasoning, tool use, and structured output.
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InceptionOfficial | Gateway | $0.10 | $0.35 | $0.01 | — | 1,000,000 | 131,072 | |
| NanoGPT | Gateway | $0.10 | $0.35 | $0.01 | — | 1,000,000 | 131,072 | |
| Venice AI | Gateway | $0.10 | $0.35 | $0.01 | — | 1,000,000 | 131,072 | |
| Vercel AI Gateway | Cloud | $0.10 | $0.35 | $0.01 | — | 1,000,000 | 131,072 | |
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $0.10 | $0.35 | $0.01 | — | 1,000,000 | 131,072 | |
| Kilo Gateway | Gateway | $0.20 | $0.70 | $0.02 | — | 1,000,000 | 131,072 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
1 / 6 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).
Price history accumulates from each data sync; currently only 1 sample(s) (2026-10-20). Each future sync adds a point, and once accumulated a line is drawn here.