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Inception Mercury 2.5 API Pricing

Inception Mercury 2.5 API pricing: $0.04 per 1M tokens for input and $0.15 per 1M tokens for output, from OpenRouter. Published Last checked · Source (data) · Methodology

OpenRouter: Amount worked out from the source page: $0.04 per 1M tokens, in USD · as shown in the United States on 8 Nov 2026 · the page does not say whether tax is included; we do not assume it is excluded · no price change seen since 16 Oct 2026.

Data as of9 Nov 2026Prices checked 9 Nov 2026 · test requests to 8 Nov 2026Data & API
Task receipt: OpenRouter: $0.0068; Warm cache: $0.0017 Calculated · Document analysis Assumption: 3 steps; initial input 50,500 tokens; growth 2,500 tokens/step; visible output 1,000 tokens/step. Month: 14,600 tasks. No hidden reasoning or retries. Warm-cache saving: $0.0051 per task. Dashed outline: the no-cache bill.
Task receipt.Calculated · Document analysis Assumption: 3 steps; initial input 50,500 tokens; growth 2,500 tokens/step; visible output 1,000 tokens/step. Month: 14,600 tasks. No hidden reasoning or retries. Warm-cache saving: $0.0051 per task. Dashed outline: the no-cache bill. Open image · Explore the chart · Measured Lab · CC BY 4.0
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Prices USD per 1M tokens, as listed

  • $0.04Input per 1M tokens, through OpenRouter Published
  • $0.15Output per 1M tokens, through OpenRouter Published
All prices by channel
Price per 1M tokensProvider directThrough OpenRouterPrevious prices by channel
Input—$0.04 Published—
Output—$0.15 Published—
Cached input · read—$0.004 Published—

Input price through OpenRouter, 16 Oct 2026 – 8 Nov 2026

16 Oct 2026$0.04 throughout8 Nov 2026

Context window260,000tokens Published
Max output65,536tokens Published

How we got this number

  • What we read: the published price on openrouter.ai/api/v1/models
  • Checked: ; tracked since 16 Oct 2026
  • Shown in: the United States
  • Checks so far: 24 checks since 16 Oct 2026
  • What changed: no price change since 16 Oct 2026
  • Page updated:

Other measured facts

QuestionAnswerCheckedStatus
How much does Inception Mercury 2.5 cost per 1M cache-read tokens (cache hits) on OpenRouter?$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
How much does Inception Mercury 2.5 cost per 1M output tokens on OpenRouter?$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
What is the context window of Inception Mercury 2.5 on OpenRouter, in tokens?260,000 tokensPublished
What is the maximum output length of Inception Mercury 2.5 on OpenRouter, in tokens?65,536 tokensPublished

History

Same price in all 24 checks since 16 Oct 2026.

  1. — First check: $0.04 per 1M tokens

The source record lists $0.00000004 per token ($0.04 per 1M tokens), fetched on 8 Nov 2026.

The source record, as published
"prompt":"0.00000004"
What the source says · openrouter.ai

Latest briefings each price change recalculated as a task cost

  1. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: price rise input $0.115 → $0.111 per 1M tokens (-3 %), output $4.00 → $4.44 per 1M tokens (+11 %)
  2. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: price cut input $0.300 → $0.0060 per 1M tokens (-98 %), output $1.20 → $0.500 per 1M tokens (-58 %)
  3. MoonshotAI Kimi K2.5: price rise input $0.500 → $0.532 per 1M tokens (+6 %), output $2.50 → $3.33 per 1M tokens (+33 %)

All briefings

Record history — 108 records for 5 questions
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How much does Inception Mercury 2.5 cost per 1M input tokens on OpenRouter?
TimeValueStatus
8 Nov 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
7 Nov 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
6 Nov 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
5 Nov 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
4 Nov 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
3 Nov 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
2 Nov 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
1 Nov 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
31 Oct 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
30 Oct 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
29 Oct 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
28 Oct 2026$0.04 per 1M tokensPublished
How much does Inception Mercury 2.5 cost per 1M cache-read tokens (cache hits) on OpenRouter?
TimeValueStatus
8 Nov 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
7 Nov 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
6 Nov 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
5 Nov 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
4 Nov 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
3 Nov 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
2 Nov 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
1 Nov 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
31 Oct 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
30 Oct 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
29 Oct 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
28 Oct 2026$0.0040 per 1M tokensPublished
How much does Inception Mercury 2.5 cost per 1M output tokens on OpenRouter?
TimeValueStatus
8 Nov 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
7 Nov 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
6 Nov 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
5 Nov 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
4 Nov 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
3 Nov 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
2 Nov 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
1 Nov 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
31 Oct 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
30 Oct 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
29 Oct 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
28 Oct 2026$0.15 per 1M tokensPublished
What is the context window of Inception Mercury 2.5 on OpenRouter, in tokens?
TimeValueStatus
8 Nov 2026260,000 tokensPublished
7 Nov 2026260,000 tokensPublished
6 Nov 2026260,000 tokensPublished
5 Nov 2026260,000 tokensPublished
4 Nov 2026260,000 tokensPublished
3 Nov 2026260,000 tokensPublished
2 Nov 2026260,000 tokensPublished
1 Nov 2026260,000 tokensPublished
31 Oct 2026260,000 tokensPublished
30 Oct 2026260,000 tokensPublished
29 Oct 2026260,000 tokensPublished
28 Oct 2026260,000 tokensPublished
What is the maximum output length of Inception Mercury 2.5 on OpenRouter, in tokens?
TimeValueStatus
8 Nov 202665,536 tokensPublished
7 Nov 202665,536 tokensPublished
6 Nov 202665,536 tokensPublished
5 Nov 202665,536 tokensPublished
4 Nov 202665,536 tokensPublished
3 Nov 202665,536 tokensPublished
2 Nov 202665,536 tokensPublished
1 Nov 202665,536 tokensPublished
31 Oct 202665,536 tokensPublished
30 Oct 202665,536 tokensPublished
29 Oct 202665,536 tokensPublished
28 Oct 202665,536 tokensPublished

Showing the latest 60 of 108 records; the full history is in data.json and data.csv.

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Mercury 2.5

OpenRouter$0.0068Warm cache$0.0017$0.00$0.002$0.004$0.006$0.008OpenRouter$0.0068Warm cache$0.0017$0.00$0.002$0.004$0.006$0.008
OpenRouter$99.43Warm cache$25.12$0$50$100OpenRouter$99.43Warm cache$25.12$0$50$100

Calculated · Document analysis

Assumption: 3 steps; initial input 50,500 tokens; growth 2,500 tokens/step; visible output 1,000 tokens/step. Month: 14,600 tasks. No hidden reasoning or retries.

Warm-cache saving: $0.0051 per task. Dashed outline: the no-cache bill.

Assumption: first-step cache fraction 75%; earlier context is read again and new context is written. All calls stay within the cache lifetime.

Formula: sum of input, output, cache reads and cache writes × their published rates / 1M. Each step uses its own context tier. Missing cache or batch prices are Unknown.

Fresh input · Visible output · Cache read · Cache write

Sources: this page; published model prices (data (JSON)); task assumptions (data (JSON)). Published prices · Observed responses · Calculated scenarios · Assumptions stated with each chart.