Using Mercury 2.5 on Inception

Implementation guide · Mercury · Inception Labs

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Inception exposes Mercury 2.5 through model ID mercury-2.5. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

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Create an account at Inception and generate an API key.
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Use the Inception SDK or REST API to call mercury-2.5.
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You'll be billed $0.20/1M input, $0.75/1M output tokens.

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Code Examples

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Pricing on Inception

Type	Price (per 1M)
Input tokens	$0.20
Output tokens	$0.75

Capabilities

ReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs

About Mercury 2.5

Mercury 2.5 is Inception Labs' diffusion LLM GA (API id mercury-2.5). 260K context, 65,536 max output. Tunable reasoning, tool calling, structured outputs. Distinct from Mercury 2.5 Preview. Docs list $0.20/$0.75 per 1M; launch promo $0.04/$0.15 still on API/OR.

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Model Specs

Released2026-09-08

Context260K