How much does Mercury 2.5 cost per 1M tokens?

Mercury 2.5 is priced at $0.04 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens on openrouter. This is a stored listed price and may differ from current provider terms; verify the displayed source link before making a decision.

Who provides Mercury 2.5?

Mercury 2.5 is provided by Inception. ModelPriceLab also tracks third-party platforms that resell or proxy this model.

What does the price record timestamp mean?

It shows when ModelPriceLab's stored record changed. It is not an independent source-verification timestamp; confirm current pricing with the provider or platform.

What is the context window for Mercury 2.5?

Mercury 2.5 supports up to 260,000 tokens per request, with a max output of 65,536 tokens.

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Mercury 2.5 pricing

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Input / 1M Tokens

$0.04

Output / 1M Tokens

$0.15

Context window

260,000

Record updated 2026-09-09 · openrouter

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Pricing per platform

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Platform	Region	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Cached input	Context
openrouter View source	global	$0.04	$0.15	$0.0040	260,000

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Mercury 2.5

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$0.31/mo

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Input$0.16

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Mercury 2.5 cost per 1M tokens?: Mercury 2.5 is priced at $0.04 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens on openrouter. This is a stored listed price and may differ from current provider terms; verify the displayed source link before making a decision.
Who provides Mercury 2.5?: Mercury 2.5 is provided by Inception. ModelPriceLab also tracks third-party platforms that resell or proxy this model.
What does the price record timestamp mean?: It shows when ModelPriceLab's stored record changed. It is not an independent source-verification timestamp; confirm current pricing with the provider or platform.
What is the context window for Mercury 2.5?: Mercury 2.5 supports up to 260,000 tokens per request, with a max output of 65,536 tokens.

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