Mercury 3 pricing
Source: openrouter · updated 2026-10-28
Short answer: Mercury 3 costs $0.100 per million input tokens and $0.350 per million output tokens. That is a 3:1 blended rate of $0.163 per million tokens, ranking it #120 of 713 tracked models by input price.
Price breakdown
| Metric | USD |
|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.100 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.350 |
| Output รท input multiple | 3.50× |
| 3:1 blended, per 1M tokens | $0.163 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens |
What a typical workload costs
| Monthly volume | Input cost | Output cost | Total | 1M in / 250K out | $0.100 | $0.087 | $0.188 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $1.00 | $0.875 | $1.88 | ||||
| 100M in / 25M out | $10.00 | $8.75 | $18.75 |
Other inception models
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury 2.5 | $0.040 | $0.150 |
| Mercury 2 | $0.250 | $0.750 |
Compare against
Cheaper alternatives
Next cheaper option: Llama 3.2 11 B at $0.160 per 1M input tokens. Next step up: Hermes 3 70 B at $0.120 per 1M input tokens.