Mercury 2
venice/mercury-2By venice · family: mercury · released 2026-02-20
Prices in USD per 1M tokens. Unknown means the provider does not publish per-token pricing.
Capabilities
Model fit scores
0–100 · higher is betterThese scores reward declared capabilities, context size, price and provider availability — they are not benchmark results. Use them as a directional signal alongside your own evaluation.
Coding73
- Tool calling40/40
- Structured output20/20
- Reasoning10/10
- Context window (100K → 1M)2/20
- Provider availability1/10
Agents91
- Tool calling35/35
- Structured output25/25
- Reasoning15/15
- Output token limit15/15
- Provider availability1/10
JSON / structured output98
- Structured output / JSON mode50/50
- Tool calling20/20
- Temperature control10/10
- Price-friendly for high-volume18/20
Cost efficiency65
- Headline price (log-scaled)60/95
- Has prompt-cache pricing5/5
Long context45
- Context window (100K → 2M)35/90
- Has published price for full window10/10
Production-readiness65
- Number of independent providers5/40
- Has published per-token price20/20
- Context window ≥ 8K15/15
- No data inconsistencies across providers10/10
- Official model (not derivative)15/15
Cost Efficiency Index
Open full calculator →Estimated cost using the recommended provider's headline rate. Each scenario fixes average input/output tokens — the assumptions are shown in the third column.
| Scenario | Cost | Assumption |
|---|---|---|
RAG answer per 1,000 RAG answers | $2.03 < $0.01 per request | 5K input tokens (query + 4 retrieved chunks of ~1K each) and a 500-token answer. Typical SaaS knowledge-base bot. |
Support ticket triage per 10,000 tickets | $4.06 < $0.01 per request | 1K input tokens (ticket body + system prompt) and a 100-token JSON classification reply. High-volume customer support. |
Data extraction per 1,000 documents | $1.09 < $0.01 per request | 2K input tokens (a single document page) and a 500-token JSON extraction. ETL / invoice / form pipelines. |
Code review per 1,000 PRs | $3.44 < $0.01 per request | 8K input tokens (diff + surrounding files) and a 1K-token review comment. PR-bot workloads. |
Agent step per 1,000 steps | $4.31 < $0.01 per request | 12K input tokens (long-running tool history) and a 600-token tool-call decision. Cost per agent step. |
Pricing detail
Recommended pricing from venice · mercury-2
Available on 1 providers
| Provider | Provider model id | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venice AI venice | mercury-2 | $0.313 | $0.938 | 128K | 2026-02-20 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does Mercury 2 cost?
Mercury 2 costs $0.313 per 1M input tokens and $0.938 per 1M output tokens, sourced from venice. Cache reads, audio tokens and >200K-context tiers (where applicable) are listed in the Pricing detail block above.
What is the context window of Mercury 2?
Mercury 2 has a context window of 128K tokens, with a max output of 50K tokens per reply. This is the total combined size of prompt + completion.
Does Mercury 2 support tool calling?
Yes. Mercury 2 supports tool calling (function calling). This makes it suitable for production agent and automation workloads where the model has to invoke external functions reliably.
Does Mercury 2 support structured output / JSON mode?
Yes. Mercury 2 supports structured output / JSON-schema-constrained decoding. This makes it suitable for production agent and automation workloads where the model has to invoke external functions reliably.
Can Mercury 2 accept image input?
No. Mercury 2 only accepts text as input. If you need image input, see our /capabilities/vision list for current vision-capable models.
Is Mercury 2 open-weight?
No. Mercury 2 is a proprietary model — only venice (and any approved hosting partners) can serve it. The pricing above reflects the cheapest API access.
What are the best alternatives to Mercury 2?
If Mercury 2 doesn't fit, consider Venice Uncensored 1.2, Venice Role Play Uncensored, Aion 2.0. Each one targets the same use case — see the Related links below for direct head-to-head pages.
Where does this data come from?
All numbers come from the public models.dev API and are normalised into a single canonical model record. We re-pull daily and write any changes (price, context, capability) to the /changelog page.
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Data is sourced from models.dev and normalized for comparison. Prices and capabilities may change. Always verify critical production decisions with the provider's official documentation.