Reasoning model for deliberate analysis, multi-step problem solving, and tool use
Mercury 2.5 by inception is offered by 4 providers on this page. Its reference price is $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens. The lowest paid channel is Vercel AI Gateway at $0.04 / $0.15 per 1M, about 5.0× below the reference price.
The context window is 260,000 tokens, with an output limit of 65,536 tokens. It supports reasoning, tool use, and structured output.
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | Cloud | $0.04 | $0.15 | $0.004 | — | 260,000 | 65,536 | |
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $0.04 | $0.15 | $0.004 | — | 260,000 | 65,536 | |
| Venice AI mercury-2-5 | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.187 | $0.005 | — | 260,000 | 65,536 | |
| Kilo Gateway | Gateway | $0.20 | $0.75 | $0.02 | — | 260,000 | 65,536 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Price history accumulates from each data sync; currently only 1 sample(s) (2026-09-09). Each future sync adds a point, and once accumulated a line is drawn here.