LiteLLMModels

Mercury Coder Small API Pricing

As of October 10, 2026, Mercury Coder Small costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens on Vercel AI Gateway. It has a 32,000-token context window and returns up to 16,384 tokens per response.

By Inception LabsModel ID vercel_ai_gateway/inception/mercury-coder-smallPrices updated Checked
Input
$0.25 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.00 / 1M tokens
Context window
32,000 tokens
Max output
16,384 tokens
Providers
1
Added to LiteLLM
July 2025

Mercury Coder Small pricing by provider

1 listing across 1 provider. Token prices are in US dollars per 1M tokens. The highlighted row is the price quoted above.

ProviderModel name in LiteLLMInputOutputContext
Vercel AI Gatewayvercel_ai_gateway/inception/mercury-coder-small$0.25$1.0032K

What Mercury Coder Small costs in practice

1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each

Vercel AI Gateway$1.00

Use Mercury Coder Small with LiteLLM

Call Mercury Coder Small through the LiteLLM Python SDK, or put it behind the LiteLLM proxy and send OpenAI-format requests to /v1/chat/completions. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at these prices.

Python SDK
from litellm import completion

response = completion(
    model="vercel_ai_gateway/inception/mercury-coder-small",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
Proxy config.yaml
model_list:
  - model_name: mercury-coder-small
    litellm_params:
      model: vercel_ai_gateway/inception/mercury-coder-small
      # credentials: see the provider's LiteLLM docs page
Call the proxy
curl http://0.0.0.0:4000/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234" \
  -d '{
    "model": "mercury-coder-small",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Mercury Coder Small FAQ

How much does Mercury Coder Small cost?

Mercury Coder Small costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens on Vercel AI Gateway.

What is the context window of Mercury Coder Small?

Mercury Coder Small has a 32,000-token context window and returns up to 16,384 tokens per response.

Which providers offer Mercury Coder Small?

Mercury Coder Small is available from Vercel AI Gateway through LiteLLM, using the model name vercel_ai_gateway/inception/mercury-coder-small.

How do I call Mercury Coder Small with an OpenAI-compatible API?

Use the LiteLLM Python SDK with model="vercel_ai_gateway/inception/mercury-coder-small", or add the model to the LiteLLM proxy's config.yaml and send requests to /v1/chat/completions from any OpenAI client. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at the prices on this page.

When did LiteLLM add Mercury Coder Small?

Mercury Coder Small was added to LiteLLM's model price file in July 2025.

Sources

Prices come from LiteLLM's open-source model_prices_and_context_window.json, which LiteLLM uses to calculate the cost of every request.

LiteLLM docs: Vercel AI Gateway.

Provider pages: Vercel AI Gateway.