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# Inception models

> Inception's highest-ranked model is Mercury 2, #175 on the Noometry Index as of October 2026. Noometry tracks 4 Inception models. Benchmarks, prices and context windows for every Inception model.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/providers/inception
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Inception AI Models Ranked (October 2026) | Noometry

Inception's highest-ranked model is Mercury 2, #175 on the Noometry Index as of October 2026. Noometry tracks 4 Inception models.

Last verified October 10, 2026

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Inception models
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 175 | Inception [Mercury 2](https://noometry.com/models/mercury-2) | [Inception](https://noometry.com/providers/inception) | Proprietary | 128K | 39.1 | $0.25 | $0.75 | 104 | — |
| 199 | Inception [Mercury](https://noometry.com/models/mercury) | [Inception](https://noometry.com/providers/inception) | Proprietary | — | 37.6 | — | — | — | 35 |
| 242 | Inception [Mercury 2.5](https://noometry.com/models/mercury-2-5) | [Inception](https://noometry.com/providers/inception) | Proprietary | 260K | 33.5 | $0.04 | $0.15 | 496 | — |
|  | Inception [Mercury Edit 2](https://noometry.com/models/mercury-edit-2) | [Inception](https://noometry.com/providers/inception) | Proprietary | 32K | Not ranked | $0.25 | $0.75 | — | — |

## Inception's best vs other flagships

-   [Mercury 2 vs Qwen3.8 Max](https://noometry.com/compare/mercury-2-vs-qwen3-8-max)
-   [Mercury 2 vs GPT-6 Astra](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-mercury-2)
-   [Mercury 2 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-mercury-2)
-   [Mercury 2 vs Claude Fable 5.1](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-mercury-2)
-   [Mercury 2 vs Muse Spark 1.3](https://noometry.com/compare/mercury-2-vs-muse-spark-1-3)
-   [Mercury 2 vs Mistral Large 4](https://noometry.com/compare/mercury-2-vs-mistral-large-4)

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the best Inception model?

Inception's highest-ranked model is Mercury 2, #175 on the Noometry Index as of October 2026. Noometry tracks 4 Inception models.

### What is the cheapest Inception model?

Mercury 2.5 has the lowest input price among Inception models we track: $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens.