Mercury Edit 2 API Pricing
Inception · released 2026-03-30
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Mercury Edit 2 price
0.025¢ / 1K
0.075¢ / 1K
0.037¢ / 1K
Single public source; verify on the official site
Official list price from Inception, as recorded by models.dev
What it actually costs
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply | 500 in / 300 out | 0.035¢ |
| RAG query | 4,000 in / 500 out | 0.137¢ |
| Long document summary | 50,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.0133 |
| Code review of a 2k-line file | 30,000 in / 2,000 out | 0.9¢ |
| 1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days | 30,000 × (500 in / 300 out) | $10.50 |
Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.25) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.75).
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Value | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) | No public data yet | ||
| Epoch Mock AIME accuracy | No public data yet | ||
| Epoch FrontierMath (T1–3) accuracy | No public data yet | ||
| Arena text rating | No public data yet | ||
| Arena coding rating (human preference votes, not task accuracy) | No public data yet | ||
| Arena math rating | No public data yet | ||
| Arena WebDev rating | No public data yet | ||
More from Inception
| Model | Released | Blended $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury 3 | 2026-10-16 | $0.1625 |
| Mercury Decide | 2026-09-30 | — |
| Mercury 2.5 | 2026-09-08 | $0.3375 |
| Mercury 2 | 2026-02-24 | $0.375 |
Count tokens & estimate cost for Mercury Edit 2
Prices: Inception's official list price as recorded by models.dev; benchmarks: see sources below; last synced 2026-11-06.
FAQ
Who develops Mercury Edit 2?
Mercury Edit 2 is developed by Inception, released 2026-03-30.
How much does Mercury Edit 2 cost per million tokens?
Mercury Edit 2 costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens ($0.375 blended), per Inception's official list price as recorded by models.dev.
What is the Mercury Edit 2 API price?
The Mercury Edit 2 API price is $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens ($0.375 per 1M blended).
How much does Mercury Edit 2 cost for a typical request?
A short chat reply (500 in / 300 out tokens) costs about 0.035¢ on Mercury Edit 2, at $0.25/1M input and $0.75/1M output.
Is Mercury Edit 2 free?
Mercury Edit 2's official API list price is $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens. This site tracks list prices only, not free tiers or trial credits — check Inception's site for those.
Where does this data come from?
Pricing for Mercury Edit 2 comes from models.dev and LiteLLM (open MIT-licensed catalogs); benchmark scores come from Epoch AI and LMArena (open CC BY 4.0 licenses) — see /data-sources/. Last synced 2026-11-06.