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Free-credit amounts conflict. Region and account eligibility require official confirmation.

Entitlements and usage

Allowance
One-time signup credit. Official amounts conflict; no confirmed free-token quantity is published.
Benefits
Low-latency reasoning, coding, agents and RAG
Models listed in source
Mercury 2.5, Mercury Voice, Mercury Decide
Source notes and limits
Pay for actual token usage. Voice enterprise access, the decisions endpoint and legacy models have separate conditions.

API input and output pricing

Mercury 2.5

Input: 0.04 USD/1,000,000 Tokens; Output: 0.15 USD/1,000,000 Tokens; Cache read: 0.004 USD/1,000,000 Tokens Official limited-time offer; the end follows official announcements. Publicly documented Inception direct API; account and API key required. Purchase and authenticated inference were not tested. Region eligibility requires confirmation. Inception direct API only; the promotion end date has not been announced. Price evidence valid until 2026-10-22T10:02:53.646Z (not the campaign end). Context: 260K tokens (official decimal display) Verified: 2026-10-15T10:02:53.6464958Z

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Inception Labs Inception Mercury API (pay as you go) · Individual plan · Usage based

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Last fact check: 2026-10-15T10:02:53.6464958Z

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Inception Labs Inception Mercury API (pay as you go) cost?
Inception Labs Inception Mercury API (pay as you go) is priced at Usage based API · Billed by usage; no assumed monthly cost.
Which models does Inception Labs Inception Mercury API (pay as you go) support?
Representative models: Mercury 2.5, Mercury Voice, Mercury Decide.
When was Inception Labs Inception Mercury API (pay as you go)'s price last verified?
CreditsPlan last verified this plan on 2026-10-15 against platform.inceptionlabs.ai; the vendor's official site prevails.