Extract vs Mercury 2.5: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-10-28 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Extract is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.030 per million tokens versus
$0.068, a 56% difference.
Extract offers the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 260,000 for Mercury 2.5.
Head to head
| Extract | Mercury 2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.040 | $0.040 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | Free | $0.150 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.030 | $0.068 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 260,000 |
| Vendor | scaledown | inception |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | Extract | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.040 | $0.077 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $0.400 | $0.775 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $4.00 | $7.75 |
Which should you pick?
Pick Extract when you need the longer context window (1,000,000 vs 260,000 tokens). Pick Extract when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.