Mercury 2 API
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Mercury 2 — diffusion-based reasoning LLM from Inception, delivering high-speed generation with strong reasoning, tool use, and structured output.
Pricing
Cheapest live price, per 1 million tokens.
Input / 1M tokens
OpenRouter $0.250
Output / 1M tokens
OpenRouter $0.750
Cache read / 1M
Repeated prompt prefixes
Cache read is the discounted rate for repeated prompt prefixes (system prompts, agent context).
Capabilities · 6
Specifications
- Context window
- 128K
- Max output
- 33K
- Type
- Text
- Creator
- Other
- Live sellers
- 6
- Requests / 24h
- 23
Price history · 60 days
Estimated monthly cost
30 days at the cheapest live price.
Quick start
OpenAI-compatible — change the base URL and key. Get a key from the dashboard.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.qubax.ai/v1",
api_key="YOUR_QUBAX_API_KEY",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mercury-2",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)About Mercury 2
Mercury 2 is a language model developed by Other. It's particularly well-suited for tackling complex, multi-step reasoning problems, orchestrating tool-using agents that call APIs and external services, producing structured outputs for reliable data extraction and handling large contexts of up to 128K tokens. Its 128K-token context window means you can pass in entire documents, codebases, or conversation histories without losing context. It can write up to 33K tokens in a single response.
As of Nov 4, 2026, Mercury 2 costs $0.297 per 1M input tokens and $0.890 per 1M output tokens on Qubax. A typical 1,000 chat requests (2K tokens in, 500 out) come to about $1.04. 6 independent compute providers currently serve it, so requests fail over automatically. Pay with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH or 350+ other coins — no credit card required.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the Mercury 2 API cost?
On Qubax, Mercury 2 costs $0.297 per 1M input tokens and $0.890 per 1M output tokens.
Is the Mercury 2 API compatible with OpenAI?
Yes. Qubax provides an OpenAI-compatible API. You can use Mercury 2 as a drop-in replacement by changing your base URL to https://api.qubax.ai/v1 and using your Qubax API key. It works with Cline, Cursor, OpenCode, Hermes Agent, and any tool that supports OpenAI APIs.
How do I pay for Mercury 2 API usage?
Qubax uses prepaid crypto credits. Top up with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH, SOL or 350+ other coins and your balance is deducted as you use the API. No credit card or KYC required.
What is the context window of Mercury 2?
Mercury 2 supports a context window of 128K tokens, allowing you to process large documents, codebases, or long conversations in a single request.
What can I build with Mercury 2?
You can use Mercury 2 to tackle complex multi-step reasoning tasks, build autonomous agents that call external tools and APIs, generate structured JSON output for data pipelines and process long documents and entire codebases. Because it's served through Qubax's OpenAI-compatible API, integration into existing apps, agents, or workflows takes just a few lines of code.
How fast and reliable is Mercury 2 on Qubax?
Responses stream token by token. 6 sellers serve it, so if one is slow or down the request moves to the next.
Mercury 2 vs OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Terra Pro: which should I choose?
Mercury 2 by Other and OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Terra Pro by OpenAI are both strong models in a similar price tier. Mercury 2 excels at complex reasoning. OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Terra Pro comes from a different lab and may have different strengths depending on your workload. On Qubax, Mercury 2 starts at $0.297/1M input tokens versus OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Terra Pro's $0.450/1M — making Mercury 2 the more cost-effective option for high-volume workloads. Both are available on Qubax with crypto payments and OpenAI-compatible APIs, so you can try each and switch freely.
Can I use Mercury 2 for commercial projects?
Yes. Mercury 2 on Qubax can be used for commercial purposes. You own the outputs you generate. Qubax provides the API infrastructure — you bring your use case.
Why use Mercury 2 on Qubax?
Live market prices
Providers compete on price — you get the cheapest healthy seller.
Pay with crypto
350+ coins (BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, USDC). No card, no KYC.
OpenAI & Anthropic compatible
Drop-in base URL. Works with Cline, Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs.
