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Mercury 2.5 Preview pricing

Mercury 2.5 is the fastest reasoning LLM, and the latest diffusion LLM (dLLM) from Inception. Instead of generating tokens sequentially, Mercury 2.5 produces and refines multiple tokens in parallel, achieving... Below you will find 1 current row with input and output dollars per million. Right now the lowest input is $0.040 and the lowest output is $0.150.

260K context·1 provider·verified Sep 1, 2026
Best input$0.040per 1M tokens · Openrouter
Best output$0.150per 1M tokens · Openrouter

Pricing across providers

Use this table to read Mercury 2.5 Preview list prices. We show 1 source right now. Lowest input in the grid: Openrouter. The chart below the table helps when output prices are much higher than input prices.

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Openrouter
Input / 1M
$0.040
Output / 1M
$0.150

Input vs output · 1M tokens

Cost calculator

The calculator uses the same dollars per million tokens as the table. Adjust sliders to see how Mercury 2.5 Preview cost scales with traffic.

In: $0.040/M·Out: $0.150/M

0.004000¢ / req

0.007500¢ / req

Daily
$1.15
Monthly
$35
Annual
$420

Model specifications

These fields describe Mercury 2.5 Preview as we store it (source: Inception). They sit next to price so buyers can check limits and tools in one place.

Context window
260,000 tokens
Max output
65,536 tokens
Vision (images)
No
Tool / function calling
Yes
Streaming
Yes
Released
Aug 2026
Primary provider
Inception
Model family
N/A

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Frequently asked questions

Quick frequently asked items for Mercury 2.5 Preview pricing and limits. The short model note from our index: Mercury 2.5 is the fastest reasoning LLM, and the latest diffusion LLM (dLLM) from Inception. Instead of generating tokens sequentially, Mercury 2.5 produces and refines multiple tokens in parallel, achieving...

Yes. Mercury 2.5 Preview is available on Openrouter.

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