OpenPaths is an open source model router and AI gateway. One API key and one base URL (https://openpaths.io/v1) reach language, image, video, speech, music, embedding and 3D models from many providers.

Is OpenPaths compatible with the OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs?

Yes. POST /v1/chat/completions follows the OpenAI schema and POST /v1/messages follows the Anthropic schema. Change the base URL and keep your existing code.

How does OpenPaths pricing work?

Pay as you go at the provider price with near-zero markup. Requests on your own provider keys (BYOK) are recorded at $0. See https://openpaths.io/pricing.

What does openpaths/auto do?

openpaths/auto routes each request to a suitable model automatically, with automatic fallbacks when a provider fails or rate-limits.

Is there an OpenAPI spec or MCP server?

Yes. The OpenAPI 3.1 spec is at https://openpaths.io/openapi.json, the MCP endpoint is https://openpaths.io/mcp, and llms.txt plus llms-full.txt list every model id.

How much does Inception: Mercury 3 cost per million tokens?

Inception: Mercury 3 costs $0.11 in / $0.37 out per 1M tokens.

Is there a discount for cached tokens on Inception: Mercury 3?

Yes. Cached input is $0.011 per 1M tokens instead of $0.11.

What does a typical chatbot cost on Inception: Mercury 3?

A chatbot sending 300,000 requests per month (1,500 input and 400 output tokens each, 50% cached) costs about $70.44 per month on Inception: Mercury 3.

What is the context window of Inception: Mercury 3?

Inception: Mercury 3 supports 1M tokens of context and up to 131.1K output tokens.

What is a cheaper alternative to Inception: Mercury 3?

GLM-5.3 Flash is cheaper at $0.10 in / $0.35 out per 1M tokens.

Inception: Mercury 3 API Pricing (2026): $0.11 in / $0.37 out per 1M tokens

Inception: Mercury 3 pricing: $0.11 in / $0.37 out per 1M tokens. Tier-aware calculator, cheaper alternatives and Artificial Analysis benchmarks.