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Inception: Mercury 2.5 Preview
The Inception: Mercury 2.5 Preview is a text-based AI model that supports input modalities and reasoning capabilities. It operates within a context length of 260,000 tokens and has a maximum completion token count of 65,536. The model also provides tools for its users. For those who need to process large amounts of text data with moderate output requirements, the Inception: Mercury 2.5 Preview may be worth considering. Its price point is higher than some other models, at $0.04 per input token and $0.15 per output token. However, it currently lacks independent benchmark coverage, making its performance relative to others uncertain.
Quality Score
99/100
price + capability + benchmarks
Input Price
$0.04
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-09-04
Output Price
$0.15
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-09-04
Context Window
260,000
tokens
- Model ID
- inception/mercury-2.5-preview
- Vendor
- inception
- Released
- August 2026
- Tokenizer
- Other
- Input Modalities
- text
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 65,536 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 $0.04/M input and $0.15/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | under $0.01 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.03 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $0.50 |
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Quick answers
- How much does Inception: Mercury 2.5 Preview cost?
- $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens.
- What is Inception: Mercury 2.5 Preview's context window?
- 260,000 tokens, roughly 390 pages of text in a single request.
- Does Inception: Mercury 2.5 Preview support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
- Can Inception: Mercury 2.5 Preview process images?
- No, it is text-only on the input side.