Inception: Mercury
Analysis Summary
Inception Mercury is a text model from Inception with tool use and function calling support and a 128K context window. No benchmark data is available, so reasoning, coding, and instruction-following quality cannot be assessed.
The presence of tool use and function calling is a positive signal for agentic and automation workflows, but without benchmark evidence, no specific business use case can be recommended. The 128K context window is adequate for most document-level tasks.
At $0.25 input and $0.75 output per million tokens, pricing is low. Businesses should treat this as an emerging option and revisit once benchmark data is available to verify whether the capability matches the pricing promise.
Assessed June 6, 2026
Editorial notes
Inception Mercury supports tool use and function calling but has no benchmark data; capability is unverified and a conservative score applies until benchmarks are published.
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Performance Profile
How Inception: Mercury compares
Its 128K-token context window is larger than 43% of the models we list. At $0.25 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 47% of comparable models.
About Inception: Mercury
Mercury is the first diffusion large language model (dLLM). Applying a breakthrough discrete diffusion approach, the model runs 5-10x faster than even speed optimized models like GPT-4.1 Nano and Claude..
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
inception/mercury
|
| Provider | inception |
| Release Date | June 26, 2025 |
| Context Length | 128,000 tokens |
| Max Completion | 32,000 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.25 | $0.000250 |
| Output | $0.75 | $0.000750 |
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Frequently asked questions about Inception: Mercury
How much does Inception: Mercury cost?
Inception: Mercury costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Inception: Mercury?
Inception: Mercury has a context window of 128,000 tokens (128K).
What can Inception: Mercury do?
Inception: Mercury supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Inception: Mercury?
Inception: Mercury is developed by Inception and was released on June 26, 2025.
