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Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark

Inception: Mercury vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2

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

Input delta: $0.00Output delta: $0.35Monthly delta: $21

Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.

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

MetricInception: MercuryDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2
Developerinceptiondeepseek
Context Window128,000163,840
Input Cost / 1M Tokens$0.2500$0.2500
Output Cost / 1M Tokens$0.7500$0.4000
Projected Monthly Cost$75$54
Vision❌ No❌ No
Tool Calling✅ Yes✅ Yes
Structured Output✅ Yes✅ Yes
Reasoning❌ No✅ Yes
MMLU ScoreN/A83.7
GPQAN/A75.1

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

Price History

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 11
$0.2500$0.3250$0.4000Mar 7Mar 8Mar 9Mar 10Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.2500

Current Output / 1M

$0.4000

Cost Calculator

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Inception: Mercury

$75

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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2

$54

per month

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Live Recommendation

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 saves $21/mo at this workload
Open Inception: Mercury model pageOpen DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 model page

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FAQ

Common questions for Inception: Mercury vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 pricing decisions.

Which is cheaper for input tokens: Inception: Mercury or DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2?

Inception: Mercury is cheaper or equal on input token cost by $0.00 per 1M tokens.

Which is cheaper for output tokens: Inception: Mercury or DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 is cheaper on output token cost by $0.35 per 1M tokens.

What is the projected monthly cost difference between Inception: Mercury and DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2?

$21 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).

How should I choose between Inception: Mercury and DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2?

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