LIVE
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GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
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mercury-2-tool-use

Inception
Efficiency score
89/100
22.8%
Input price
$0.25/ 1M tokens
Output price
$0.75/ 1M tokens
Context window
128K
Throughput
144tok/s
Availability
98.0%
Cost / task
$0.001

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
Text
Produces (output)
Text

7-day heat trend

22.8%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$0.25/ 1M tokens
$0.0003 / 1K
Output price
$0.75/ 1M tokens
$0.0008 / 1K
Blended price
$0.63/ 1M tokens
$0.0006 / 1K

Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$165.00/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$367.50/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$450.00/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 26% of tracked models
  • Faster than 43% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #342 of 1105

Best suited for

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

About mercury-2-tool-use

Inception Mercury 2 supports tool calling for multi-step agent workflows and external function orchestration.

mercury-2-tool-use is a Text model from Inception (US). HotON.ai tracks it at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens, with a 128K-token context window, ~144 tokens/sec throughput and 98.0% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 89/100 at an estimated $0.001 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does mercury-2-tool-use cost per 1M tokens?+

mercury-2-tool-use is tracked at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $0.63 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is mercury-2-tool-use best for?+

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

How fast is mercury-2-tool-use?+

mercury-2-tool-use delivers about 144 tokens/sec with 98.0% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is mercury-2-tool-use cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, mercury-2-tool-use is cheaper than 26% of models on input price and ranks #342 of 1105 by overall efficiency.

Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.