Mercury 2
Mercury 2Alternatives?
CheaperGemma 4 31BthinkingOpen+8%-57%$0.10 / $0.34
BetterGPT-5 Minihigh+8%+38%$0.053
OpenMiniMax M3thinking+19%+1,214%$0.51No strict JSON+1CheaperGemma 4 12BthinkingOpen+5%-60%$0.10 / $0.30CheaperGemma 4 26B A4BthinkingOpen+4%-30%$0.15 / $0.60Gemma 4 31BthinkingOpen+8%-57%$0.10 / $0.34Gemma 4 12BthinkingOpen+5%-60%$0.10 / $0.30Gemma 4 26B A4BthinkingOpen+4%-30%$0.15 / $0.60
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BthinkingOpen+2%-57%$0.017GPT-5 Nanohigh-3%-63%$0.05 / $0.40GPT-5 Minihigh+8%+38%$0.053
MiMo v2.5 ProthinkingOpen+14%+40%$0.054Gemini 3.1 Flash Litehigh+11%+56%$0.06GPT-5.4 Nanoxhigh+9%+374%$0.18
Grok 4.3high+16%+432%$0.21
Benchmarks
in Writing & LanguageFAQ
How much does Mercury 2 cost?›
$0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens; cached input $0.025 per 1M. A typical benchmark task costs about $0.039 at high effort.
Is Mercury 2 free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.25 per 1M input tokens.
How good is Mercury 2, and what is it best at?›
#135 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #75 of 132 in Coding, #102 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #134 of 195 in Writing & Language, #94 of 133 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Instructions.
Is Mercury 2 better than MiniMax M2.1?›
On IFBench (instructions), Mercury 2 scores 69.8 vs 69.9 — about the same.
How can I use Mercury 2?›
Through the API of Inception.
What is the context window of Mercury 2?›
128K tokens, with up to 50K output tokens.
When was Mercury 2 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-02-20. It has been superseded by Mercury 2.5.
Is Mercury 2 open source?›
No, Mercury 2 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is MiniMax M3.
Can Mercury 2 read images?›
No, it accepts text only.
What is Mercury 2?›
Mercury 2 is a closed language model from inception, released Feb 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Mercury 2?›
Gemma 4 31B (cheaper), GPT-5 Mini (better), MiniMax M3 (open weights).