Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
Inception: Mercury 2 is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.
| Metric | Inception: Mercury 2 | Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | inception | anthropic |
| Context Window | 128,000 | 200,000 |
| Max Output Tokens | 50,000 | 4,096 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.2500 | $0.2500 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.7500 | $1.25 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $75 | $105 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Reasoning | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Web Search | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tokenizer | Other | Claude |
| MMLU Score | N/A | N/A |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.2500
Current Output / 1M
$0.7500
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.2500
Current Output / 1M
$1.25
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
100.0%
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
100.0%
Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.
Inception: Mercury 2
$75
per month
Lower costAnthropic: Claude 3 Haiku
$105
per month
Live Recommendation
Inception: Mercury 2 is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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