Mercury 2 pricing
Source: openrouter · updated 2026-10-28
Short answer: Mercury 2 costs $0.250 per million input tokens and $0.750 per million output tokens. That is a 3:1 blended rate of $0.375 per million tokens, ranking it #272 of 713 tracked models by input price.
Price breakdown
| Metric | USD |
|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.250 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.750 |
| Output รท input multiple | 3.00× |
| 3:1 blended, per 1M tokens | $0.375 |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens |
What a typical workload costs
| Monthly volume | Input cost | Output cost | Total | 1M in / 250K out | $0.250 | $0.188 | $0.438 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $2.50 | $1.88 | $4.38 | ||||
| 100M in / 25M out | $25.00 | $18.75 | $43.75 |
Other inception models
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury 2.5 | $0.040 | $0.150 |
| Mercury 3 | $0.100 | $0.350 |
Compare against
Cheaper alternatives
Next cheaper option: Qwen 2.5 72 B Instruct at $0.360 per 1M input tokens. Next step up: GLM 5.3 Flash Abliterated at $0.250 per 1M input tokens.