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Mercury 2

Mercury 2 is listed with its creator unverified. It accepts text input and produces text output. Reported capabilities include reasoning, tool calling, and structured output.

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Modalities

Hosted provider token rates

$0.25 / $0.75

USD per 1M input / output tokens · Inception

Context

128K

Released

2026-02-24

Knowledge cutoff

Unknown

No recent lab-operated provider rate is available. Showing the third-party host with the lowest input rate + ¼ output rate. This is one offering, not an average; other providers, modalities, tiers, and fees may differ.

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7 observed offerings · token prices in USD per million where available

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AI/ML API

inception/mercury-2

current

Input

$0.2645

Output

$0.7935

Cache

$0.0265

Context

128K

Max output

50K

Reasoning: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Yes
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

Inception

mercury-2

current

Input

$0.25

Output

$0.75

Cache

$0.025

Context

128K

Max output

50K

Reasoning: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Yes
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

NanoGPT

mercury-2

current

Input

$0.25

Output

$0.75

Cache

$0.025

Context

128K

Max output

50K

Reasoning: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Yes
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

OpenRouter

inception/mercury-2

current

Input

$0.25

Output

$0.75

Cache

$0.025

Context

128K

Max output

50K

Reasoning: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Yes
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

Venice AI

mercury-2

current

Input

$0.3125

Output

$0.9375

Cache

$0.0313

Context

128K

Max output

50K

Reasoning: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Yes
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

Vercel AI Gateway

inception/mercury-2

current

Input

$0.25

Output

$0.75

Cache

$0.025

Context

128K

Max output

50K

Reasoning: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Yes
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

Kilo Gateway

inception/mercury-2

current

Input

$0.25

Output

$0.75

Cache

$0.025

Context

128K

Max output

50K

Reasoning: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Yes
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

Limits and capabilities reflect each provider’s listed offering. Unknown means support was not reported.

Provider / API ID	Status	Context	Max output	Input	Output	Cache read	Reasoning	Tools	Structured	Temperature
AI/ML API inception/mercury-2	currentRecent price	128K	50K	$0.2645	$0.7935	$0.0265	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Inception mercury-2	currentRecent price	128K	50K	$0.25	$0.75	$0.025	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
NanoGPT mercury-2	currentRecent price	128K	50K	$0.25	$0.75	$0.025	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
OpenRouter inception/mercury-2	currentRecent price	128K	50K	$0.25	$0.75	$0.025	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Venice AI mercury-2	currentRecent price	128K	50K	$0.3125	$0.9375	$0.0313	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vercel AI Gateway inception/mercury-2	currentRecent price	128K	50K	$0.25	$0.75	$0.025	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kilo Gateway inception/mercury-2	currentRecent price	128K	50K	$0.25	$0.75	$0.025	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Capabilities and limits

Input: text
Output: text
Max output: 50K
Weights: Closed (source-reported)
Release: 2026-02-24
Knowledge cutoff: Unknown
Family: mercury

Reasoning · Tool calling · Structured output

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Model and price history

Latest recorded change: price change · 2026-10-23

Model changes (3)

price change · 2026-10-23

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  "before": {
    "input": "0.34385000",
    "output": "1.03155000",
    "provider": "AI/ML API"
  },
  "after": {
    "input": 0.2645,
    "output": 0.7935,
    "provider": "AI/ML API"
  }
}

source refresh · 2026-10-20

{
  "before": {
    "last_updated_date": "2026-03-06",
    "supports_structured_output": false
  },
  "after": {
    "last_updated_date": "2026-02-24",
    "supports_structured_output": true
  }
}

source refresh · 2026-10-07

{
  "before": {
    "max_output_tokens": 128000
  },
  "after": {
    "max_output_tokens": 50000
  }
}

Price history (187 observations)

Date	Provider	Input / output
2026-11-01	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-11-01	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-11-01	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-11-01	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-11-01	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-11-01	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-11-01	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-31	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-31	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-31	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-31	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-31	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-31	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-31	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-30	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-30	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-30	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-30	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-30	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-30	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-30	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-29	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-29	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-29	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-29	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-29	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-29	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-29	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-28	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-28	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-28	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-28	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-28	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-28	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-28	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-27	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-27	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-27	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-27	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-27	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-27	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-27	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-27	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-27	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-26	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-26	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-26	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-26	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-26	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-26	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-26	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-25	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-25	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-25	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-25	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-25	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-25	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-25	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-24	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-24	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-24	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-24	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-24	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-24	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-24	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-23	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-23	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-23	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-23	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-23	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-23	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-23	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-23	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	AI/ML API	$0.2645 / $0.7935
2026-10-23	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-23	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-23	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-22	AI/ML API	$0.3439 / $1.0316
2026-10-22	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-22	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-22	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-22	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-22	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-22	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-21	AI/ML API	$0.3439 / $1.0316
2026-10-21	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-21	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-21	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-21	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-21	Venice AI	$0.3125 / $0.9375
2026-10-21	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-20	AI/ML API	$0.3439 / $1.0316
2026-10-20	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-20	Kilo Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-20	NanoGPT	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-20	OpenRouter	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-20	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-19	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-19	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-18	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-18	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-17	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-17	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-12	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-12	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-12	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-12	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-11	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-11	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-10	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-10	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-09	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-09	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-09	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-09	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-08	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-08	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-07	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-10-07	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-22	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-22	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-21	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-21	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-20	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-20	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-19	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-19	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-18	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-18	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-17	Inception	$0.25 / $0.75
2026-09-17	Vercel AI Gateway	$0.25 / $0.75