LOADING COMPARISON
GROUNDED IN REAL HUMAN CONVERSATIONSYOUR BENCH
HEAD TO HEAD
Mercury 2.5 vs Step 3 vs Dots3 Note
Community vibe score against API price per 1M tokens. Up and left wins: loved and cheap.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Mercury 2.5
LOVE
Popular for coding help
Step 3
LOVE
Popular for coding help
COMPLAINT
Refuses or lectures more than people like
Dots3 Note
LOVE
Popular for coding help
COMPLAINT
Refuses or lectures more than people like
VALUE FOR MONEY
NOT ON THE CHART (NO PUBLIC API PRICE):Step 3STILL IN THE TABLE BELOW. THE CHART ONLY PLOTS MODELS WITH A KNOWN PRICE PER 1M TOKENS.
| Metric | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VIBE SCORE | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.4 |
| VOICES | 6,883 | 1,525 | 2,693 |
| RANK | #5 | #40 | #12 |
| CATEGORY | Text | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| OPEN/CLOSED | CLOSED | OPEN WEIGHTS | OPEN WEIGHTS |
| PRICE IN (per 1M) | $0.04 / 1M | N/A | FREE |
| PRICE OUT (per 1M) | $0.15 / 1M | N/A | FREE |
| THE CROWD LOVES | Popular for coding help | Popular for coding help | Popular for coding help |
| THE CROWD GRUMBLES | Nobody is complaining yet | Refuses or lectures more than people like | Refuses or lectures more than people like |
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