Inception
Mercury Edit 2 token cost
Mercury Edit 2 for fill-in-the-middle and next-edit coding completions on the Inception API.
Published list rates
Input
$0.25
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.75
per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.025
per 1M tokens
Context window
32,000
tokens
Pricing source: Inception models & pricing
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Cost as volume grows
Read down to see Mercury Edit 2 get more expensive as tokens grow. The last column is a typical mix: 70% input, 30% output.
| Tokens | Input only | Output only | Mix (70% in / 30% out) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.00000025 | $0.00000075 | $0.0000004 |
| 10 | $0.000003 | $0.000008 | $0.000004 |
| 100 | $0.000025 | $0.000075 | $0.00004 |
| 200 | $0.00005 | $0.00015 | $0.00008 |
| 300 | $0.000075 | $0.000225 | $0.00012 |
| 400 | $0.0001 | $0.0003 | $0.00016 |
| 500 | $0.000125 | $0.000375 | $0.0002 |
| 1,000 | $0.00025 | $0.00075 | $0.0004 |
| 2,000 | $0.0005 | $0.0015 | $0.0008 |
| 5,000 | $0.00125 | $0.00375 | $0.002 |
| 10,000 | $0.0025 | $0.0075 | $0.004 |
| 25,000 | $0.00625 | $0.01875 | $0.01 |
| 50,000 | $0.0125 | $0.0375 | $0.02 |
| 100,000 | $0.025 | $0.075 | $0.04 |
| 250,000 | $0.0625 | $0.1875 | $0.1 |
| 500,000 | $0.125 | $0.375 | $0.2 |
| 1,000,000 | $0.25 | $0.75 | $0.4 |
| 5,000,000 | $1.25 | $3.75 | $2.00 |
| 10,000,000 | $2.50 | $7.50 | $4.00 |
| 50,000,000 | $12.50 | $37.50 | $20.00 |
| 100,000,000 | $25.00 | $75.00 | $40.00 |
| 500,000,000 | $125.00 | $375.00 | $200.00 |
| 1,000,000,000 | $250.00 | $750.00 | $400.00 |
| 10,000,000,000 | $2,500.00 | $7,500.00 | $4,000.00 |
| 100,000,000,000 | $25,000.00 | $75,000.00 | $40,000.00 |
Tokens for a fixed budget
If you cap spend, this is roughly how many Mercury Edit 2 tokens that money buys.
| Budget | Input tokens | Output tokens | Mixed tokens (70/30) |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | 40,000 | 13,333 | 25,000 |
| $0.1 | 400,000 | 133,333 | 250,000 |
| $0.5 | 2M | 666,667 | 1.25M |
| $1.00 | 4M | 1.33M | 2.5M |
| $5.00 | 20M | 6.67M | 12.5M |
| $10.00 | 40M | 13.3M | 25M |
| $20.00 | 80M | 26.7M | 50M |
| $25.00 | 100M | 33.3M | 62.5M |
| $30.00 | 120M | 40M | 75M |
| $50.00 | 200M | 66.7M | 125M |
| $100.00 | 400M | 133.3M | 250M |
| $250.00 | 1B | 333.3M | 625M |
| $500.00 | 2B | 666.7M | 1.25B |
| $1,000.00 | 4B | 1.33B | 2.5B |
| $5,000.00 | 20B | 6.67B | 12.5B |
| $10,000.00 | 40B | 13.3B | 25B |
At these rates
- A workload with 70% input and 30% output costs $0.4 per 1 million total tokens and $40.00 per 100 million.
- At the same token count, output costs 3 times the input rate. Response length therefore deserves its own budget limit.
- Filling the 32,000-token context window with input alone would cost about $0.008, before any output.
- Cached input is $0.025 per million, 90% below standard input when the workload meets the provider’s cache rules.
These figures use public list prices. Cache eligibility, batch or priority modes, long-context surcharges, discounts, and regional billing can change the invoice.