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Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark

Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku vs Inception: Mercury

Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.

Input delta: $0.00Output delta: $0.50Monthly delta: $30

Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)

Inception: Mercury is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.

Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.

MetricAnthropic: Claude 3 HaikuInception: Mercury
Developeranthropicinception
Context Window200,000128,000
Input Cost / 1M Tokens$0.2500$0.2500
Output Cost / 1M Tokens$1.25$0.7500
Projected Monthly Cost$105$75
Vision✅ Yes❌ No
Tool Calling✅ Yes✅ Yes
Structured Output❌ No✅ Yes
Reasoning❌ No❌ No
MMLU ScoreN/AN/A

Price History

Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 11
$0.2500$0.7500$1.25Mar 7Mar 8Mar 9Mar 10Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.2500

Current Output / 1M

$1.25

Price History

Inception: Mercury Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 11
$0.2500$0.5000$0.7500Mar 7Mar 8Mar 9Mar 10Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.2500

Current Output / 1M

$0.7500

Cost Calculator

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Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku

$105

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Inception: Mercury

$75

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Lower cost

Live Recommendation

Inception: Mercury is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.

Inception: Mercury saves $30/mo at this workload
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FAQ

Common questions for Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku vs Inception: Mercury pricing decisions.

Which is cheaper for input tokens: Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku or Inception: Mercury?

Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku is cheaper or equal on input token cost by $0.00 per 1M tokens.

Which is cheaper for output tokens: Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku or Inception: Mercury?

Inception: Mercury is cheaper on output token cost by $0.50 per 1M tokens.

What is the projected monthly cost difference between Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku and Inception: Mercury?

$30 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).

How should I choose between Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku and Inception: Mercury?

Use this page to compare context window and token pricing, then open each model page to evaluate additional alternatives and monthly workload fit.