Inception: Mercury 2.5 vs Pareto 26.9
inception/mercury-2.5 · unbiased/pareto-26.9
As of November 5, 2026, Inception: Mercury 2.5 is the cheaper API on UberLLM: $0.0500 per million input tokens and $0.1875 per million output, versus $2.48 / $7.42 for Pareto 26.9, about 98% less when output is 3 tokens for every input token. These are the best prices on the market right now. Both work with one OpenAI-compatible key and UberLLM adds no fee. Choose Inception: Mercury 2.5 to cut cost; choose Pareto 26.9 when context size wins. Pareto 26.9 carries the larger context window (262,144 vs 260,000 tokens), which can matter for long-document work.
Inception: Mercury 2.5 vs Pareto 26.9, side by side
| Spec | Inception: Mercury 2.5 | Pareto 26.9 |
|---|---|---|
| Price · input / 1M | $0.0500 | $2.48 |
| Price · output / 1M | $0.1875 | $7.42 |
| Context length | 260,000 | 262,144 |
| Max output tokens | 65,536 | 131,072 |
| Input modalities | text | text, image |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| Tools / functions | Yes | Yes |
| Vision (image input) | — | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | — |
| % off list | — | 1% off |
Best prices on UberLLM right now. No UberLLM fee on requests; adding credit by card costs 5.5% + $0.50. Updated November 5, 2026.
Inception: Mercury 2.5 vs Pareto 26.9 — FAQ
Is Inception: Mercury 2.5 or Pareto 26.9 cheaper?
Inception: Mercury 2.5 is cheaper on a blended token mix, by about 98%. A request costs what its provider charged, UberLLM adds no fee, and every request is listed with its cost in Activity.
What's the price difference between Inception: Mercury 2.5 and Pareto 26.9?
Inception: Mercury 2.5: $0.0500 in / $0.1875 out per 1M tokens. Pareto 26.9: $2.48 in / $7.42 out per 1M tokens. That's roughly a 98% blended difference. Prices are live; UberLLM adds no fee.
Can I use both Inception: Mercury 2.5 and Pareto 26.9 with one API?
Yes. Both are served through a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint — set the base URL to https://api.uberllm.dev/v1 and your UberLLM key, then switch between them by changing the model id. Anthropic SDKs work via https://api.uberllm.dev/v1/messages.