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Mercury 3

Mercury 3 is listed with its creator unverified. It accepts text input and produces text output. Reported capabilities include reasoning, tool calling, and structured output.

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Modalities

Hosted provider token rates

$0.10 / $0.35

USD per 1M input / output tokens · Vercel AI Gateway

Context

1M

Released

2026-10-16

Knowledge cutoff

Unknown

No recent lab-operated provider rate is available. Showing the third-party host with the lowest input rate + ¼ output rate. This is one offering, not an average; other providers, modalities, tiers, and fees may differ.

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6 observed offerings · token prices in USD per million where available

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Inception

mercury-3

current

Input

$0.10

Output

$0.35

Cache

$0.01

Context

1M

Max output

131K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

NanoGPT

inception/mercury-3

current

Input

$0.10

Output

$0.35

Cache

$0.01

Context

1M

Max output

131K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

OpenRouter

inception/mercury-3

current

Input

$0.10

Output

$0.35

Cache

$0.01

Context

1M

Max output

131K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

Venice AI

mercury-3

current

Input

$0.10

Output

$0.35

Cache

$0.01

Context

1M

Max output

131K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

Vercel AI Gateway

inception/mercury-3

current

Input

$0.10

Output

$0.35

Cache

$0.01

Context

1M

Max output

131K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Unknown
Temperature
Unknown

Recent price

Kilo Gateway

inception/mercury-3

current

Input

$0.20

Output

$0.70

Cache

$0.02

Context

1M

Max output

131K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

Limits and capabilities reflect each provider’s listed offering. Unknown means support was not reported.

Capabilities and limits

Input
text
Output
text
Max output
131K
Weights
Closed (source-reported)
Release
2026-10-16
Knowledge cutoff
Unknown
Family
mercury

Reasoning · Tool calling · Structured output

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Model and price history

Price history (136 observations)
DateProviderInput / output
2026-11-02Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-11-02Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-11-02Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-11-02NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-11-02OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-11-02Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-11-01Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-11-01Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-11-01Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-11-01NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-11-01OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-11-01Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-31Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-31Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-31Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-31NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-31OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-31Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-30Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-30Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-30Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-30NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-30OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-30Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-29Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-29Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-29Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-29NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-29OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-29Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-28Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-28Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-28Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-28NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-28OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-28Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-27NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-27NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-27NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-27NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-27Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-26Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-26Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-26Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-26NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-26OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-26Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-25Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-25Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-25Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-25NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-25OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-25Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-24NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-24NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-24NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-24Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-23NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-23NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-23NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-23NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-23NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-23Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-22Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-22Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-22Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-22NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-22OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-22Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-21Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-21Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-21Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-21NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-21OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-21Venice AI$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-20Vercel AI Gateway$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-20Inception$0.10 / $0.35
2026-10-20Kilo Gateway$0.20 / $0.70
2026-10-20OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.35