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title: "mercury-edit-2 Cost Calculator - Text-completion-inception"
description: "Calculate the cost of using mercury-edit-2 from Text-completion-inception. Input costs $0.25 and output $0.75 per 1M tokens."
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# mercury-edit-2 Cost Calculator - Text-completion-inception

> Calculate the cost of using mercury-edit-2 from Text-completion-inception. Input costs $0.25 and output $0.75 per 1M tokens.

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## About mercury-edit-2

mercury-edit-2 is a completion model from Text-completion-inception. It is priced at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens, ranking 5 out of 22 completion models by cost and cheaper than 77% of models in this category. Its 32K-token context window is in the top 5% among completion models.

## Pricing

Published Text-completion-inception pricing for mercury-edit-2.

- **$0.25 / 1M tokens Input.**
- **$0.75 / 1M tokens Output.**

## Technical Specifications

- **Completion Mode.**
- **32,000 Max Input Tokens.**
- **8,192 Max Output Tokens.**
- **8,192 Max Tokens.**

## How Pricing Compares

At $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens, mercury-edit-2 ranks 5 out of 22 completion models by input cost. It is more affordable compared to the median of $1.50 for completion models, and is cheaper than 77% of models in this category.

mercury-edit-2 is a completion model from Text-completion-inception, its 32K-token context window places it in the top 5% of completion models.

| Model | Provider | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | vs mercury-edit-2 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| babbage-002 | Text-completion-openai | $0.40 | $0.40 | +60% |
| dolphin | NLP Cloud | $0.50 | $0.50 | +100% |
| text-bison | PaLM | $0.13 | $0.13 | -50% |
| text-bison-001 | PaLM | $0.13 | $0.13 | -50% |
| text-bison-safety-off | PaLM | $0.13 | $0.13 | -50% |

## Related Resources

- [All Text-completion-inception pricing](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/text-completion-inception.md)

## FAQ

### Is mercury-edit-2 cheaper than babbage-002?

Yes. mercury-edit-2 costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens compared to babbage-002's $0.40 per 1M input tokens, making it 60% more affordable. Both are completion models.

### How does mercury-edit-2 pricing compare to the average completion model?

mercury-edit-2 input pricing is $0.25 per 1M tokens, which is 83% below the median of $1.50 for completion models. It ranks 5 out of 22 completion models by input cost, making it cheaper than 77% of models in this category. For output, it costs $0.75 per 1M tokens compared to the median of $2.00.

### What are the best alternatives to mercury-edit-2?

The most comparable completion models to mercury-edit-2 are: babbage-002 from Text-completion-openai ($0.40/1M input tokens); dolphin from NLP Cloud ($0.50/1M input tokens); text-bison from PaLM ($0.13/1M input tokens); text-bison-001 from PaLM ($0.13/1M input tokens). These alternatives were selected based on similar capabilities, pricing, and provider diversity. You can compare any of these models in detail using the Bifrost Model Library.

### How large is mercury-edit-2's context window?

mercury-edit-2 supports up to 32,000 input tokens, placing it in the top 5% of completion models by context window size (rank 1 of 22). This makes it suitable for processing long documents, extensive code repositories, or maintaining detailed conversation histories.

### How do I calculate mercury-edit-2 costs?

mercury-edit-2 is priced based on input and output tokens. Use the interactive calculator at the top of this page to estimate costs for your specific workload. Enter your expected input and output tokens volume and the calculator will show the total cost breakdown. For reference, processing 1M input tokens costs $0.25 and generating 1M output tokens costs $0.75.

## Related Resources

- [All Text-completion-inception pricing](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/text-completion-inception.md)
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- [Model library](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/model-library.md)
- [Docs: Bifrost docs](https://docs.getbifrost.ai)
- [GitHub: maximhq/bifrost](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost)
- [Pricing: Bifrost pricing](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/pricing.md)
- [Enterprise: Bifrost enterprise](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/enterprise)
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