Mercury 2
Inception first-party · 128,000 ctx · from $0.25 input / $0.75 output per 1M tokens
- Input price ranks #182 of 447 priced models (cheaper = better).
- Cheaper alternative with ≥ same context: DeepSeek V3.2 at $0.2288 input.
| Provider | Inception |
|---|---|
| Family | mercury |
| Context window | 128,000 |
| Max output | 50,000 |
| Input price | $0.25 |
| Output price | $0.75 |
| Cache read | $0.025 |
| Cache write | — |
| Reasoning | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes |
| Vision | No |
| Open weights | No |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-01-01 |
| Released | 2026-02-24 |
| Last updated | 2026-02-24 |
Available from 2 curated sources
| Source | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Inception first-party | $0.25 | $0.75 |
| OpenRouter | $0.25 | $0.75 |
Identity: Inception; data via models.dev + OpenRouter public APIs. Always confirm on the provider's official pricing page.