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Inception: Mercury 2

Inception: Mercury 2 is designed to handle text-based tasks with a context length of up to 128,000 tokens and supports both reasoning and tool integration. This model can process extensive inputs and generate detailed outputs, making it suitable for complex projects that require deep analysis or the use of external tools. Given its blended benchmark score of 33.4 across three independent tests, Mercury 2 performs adequately but is not among the top contenders. Its price point-$0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens-makes it more expensive than some alternatives. However, for users who need robust reasoning capabilities and tool support within a larger project context, Mercury 2 remains a viable option despite its slightly lower benchmark scores.

Quality Score
90/100
price + capability + benchmarks
Input Price
$0.25
per 1M tokens
Output Price
$0.75
per 1M tokens
Context Window
128,000
tokens

Benchmark results

Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 33.4 across 3 benchmarks, last refreshed 2026-08-13. How scoring works →

BenchmarkMeasuresScore
AI Index broad capability composite 36.1
AI Index Coding software engineering tasks 51.3
AI Index Agentic multi-step tool-using tasks 15.6
Model ID
inception/mercury-2
Vendor
inception
Released
March 2026
Tokenizer
Other
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text
Max Output
50,000 tokens
Tool Calling
✓ supported
Structured Output
✓ supported
Reasoning Mode
✓ supported
Vision
text only
Audio
no
Moderated
no

What it costs in practice

Computed from the current $0.25/M input and $0.75/M output rates. Run your own numbers →

JobTokensCost
Summarize a 50-page report 30k in / 1.5k out under $0.01
Classify 1,000 customer emails 500k in / 50k out $0.16
A month of a busy support chatbot 5M in / 2M out $2.75

Quick answers

How much does Inception: Mercury 2 cost?
$0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens.
What is Inception: Mercury 2's context window?
128,000 tokens, roughly 192 pages of text in a single request.
Does Inception: Mercury 2 support tool calling?
It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
Can Inception: Mercury 2 process images?
No, it is text-only on the input side.