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title: "Text-completion-inception Models - LLM Cost Calculator"
description: "Compare pricing for all 1 Text-completion-inception AI models. Input and output cost per 1M tokens, context windows, and modes."
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# Text-completion-inception Models - LLM Cost Calculator

> Compare pricing for all 1 Text-completion-inception AI models. Input and output cost per 1M tokens, context windows, and modes.

## Important Links

- [View MCP Gateway](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/resources/mcp-gateway.md)
- [Features](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/#features)
- [Enterprise](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/enterprise)
- [Pricing](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/pricing.md)
- [Docs](https://docs.getbifrost.ai)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost)
- [Book a Demo](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/book-a-demo)

## Text-completion-inception Pricing Overview

- **1 Total Models.**
- **1 Modes.**
- **$0.25 Avg Input (1M Tokens).**
- **$0.75 Avg Output (1M Tokens).**

## All Text-completion-inception Models

Every Text-completion-inception model with input and output pricing per 1M tokens.

| Model | Mode | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Max Input Tokens |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| mercury-edit-2 | Completion | $0.25 | $0.75 | 32,000 |

## FAQ

### How does the LLM cost calculator work?

Enter your expected input and output token volumes (or images, audio seconds, or pages depending on the model mode) and the calculator multiplies them by each model’s published per-token pricing to estimate your total cost. Pricing is sourced from each provider’s official rate card and normalized to a per-1M-token basis for easy comparison.

### Is the pricing data up to date?

Model pricing is regenerated from the upstream datasheet on every build, so the figures reflect the latest published rates for hundreds of models across dozens of providers. Always confirm against the provider’s own pricing page before committing to production spend.

### How can I compare costs across providers?

Use the provider pages to see every model from a given provider with input and output pricing side by side, or open an individual model page to view alternatives ranked by price. Bifrost AI Gateway can then route traffic to the most cost-effective provider automatically.

### Why do input and output tokens cost different amounts?

Most providers charge more for output (generated) tokens than input (prompt) tokens because generation is more compute-intensive. For generation-heavy workloads, output pricing dominates your bill; for retrieval or long-context workloads, input pricing matters more.

### How can I reduce my LLM API costs?

Route each request to the cheapest model that meets your quality bar, cache repeated prompts, and fail over to alternative providers during outages or price spikes. Bifrost AI Gateway provides this multi-provider routing, load balancing, and caching out of the box.

## Related Resources

- [All Text-completion-inception pricing](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/text-completion-inception.md)
- [LLM cost calculator](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator.md)
- [Model library](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/model-library.md)
- [Docs: Bifrost docs](https://docs.getbifrost.ai)
- [GitHub: maximhq/bifrost](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost)
- [Pricing: Bifrost pricing](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/pricing.md)
- [Enterprise: Bifrost enterprise](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/enterprise)
- [Book a Demo: Bifrost demo](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/book-a-demo)
- [Resources: Bifrost resources](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/resources.md)

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