Mercury 2.5 pricing
$0.04 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.09¢ per chat answer and 0.08¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Mercury 2.5 costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.09¢$0.95 / 1,000 | 63 in · 834 out · 5,461 reasoning | 99 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.03¢$0.31 / 1,000 | 271 in · 218 out · 1,749 reasoning | 79 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 0.04¢$0.45 / 1,000 | 78 in · 2,167 out · 809 reasoning | 8 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 0.04¢$0.41 / 1,000 | 298 in · 845 out · 1,842 reasoning | 11 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 0.18¢$1.80 / 1,000 | 1,316 in · 1,377 out · 10,291 reasoning | 96 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 0.04¢$0.42 / 1,000 | 725 in · 641 out · 1,954 reasoning | 37 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 0.08¢$0.80 / 1,000 | 12,606 in · 415 out · 1,565 reasoning | 12 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.04¢$0.45 / 1,000 | 383 in · 436 out · 2,436 reasoning | 44 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | ≥0.26¢$2.59 / 1,000 | 4,666 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 26 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 0.07¢$0.70 / 1,000 | 3,592 in · 629 out · 3,102 reasoning | 30 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 0.08¢$0.79 / 1,000 | 1,259 in · 448 out · 4,462 reasoning | 21 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | ≥0.26¢$2.59 / 1,000 | 4,666 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 30 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.03¢$0.32 / 1,000 | 140 in · 394 out · 1,723 reasoning | 19 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 2.7¢$26.84 / 1,000 | 2,172,612 in · 14,565 out · 87,450 reasoning | 9 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Mercury 2.5 through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Inceptionunknown | $0.04 / $0.15 | $0.004 | 260K | 100% |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Sep 14, 2026 at $0.04 input / $0.15 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Mercury 2.5 cost?
Mercury 2.5 costs $0.04 per 1 million input tokens and $0.15 per 1 million output tokens, with cached input at $0.004 (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.09¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 0.08¢.
Where is Mercury 2.5 cheapest?
Among 1 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Inception: $0.04 input and $0.15 output per 1M tokens.
Does Mercury 2.5 charge for reasoning tokens?
Yes. Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens. That is why the cost per task can be much higher than the visible answer suggests - our task costs include them.
Is the Mercury 2.5 cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Mercury 2.5 was not run directly. Tokens come from DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Inception. Real usage can differ.