# 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.

- Page: https://models.litellm.ai/models/mercury-coder-small
- Lab: Inception Labs
- LiteLLM model name: `vercel_ai_gateway/inception/mercury-coder-small`
- Context window: 32,000 tokens
- Max output: 16,384 tokens
- Added to LiteLLM: July 2025
- Prices updated: October 10, 2026

## Pricing by provider

Token prices in USD per 1M tokens.

| Provider | Model name | Input | Output | Cache read | Per image | Per second | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | `vercel_ai_gateway/inception/mercury-coder-small` | $0.25 | $1.00 | – | – | – | 32K |

## Cost examples

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

- Vercel AI Gateway: $1.00

## Use it with LiteLLM

```python
from litellm import completion

response = completion(
    model="vercel_ai_gateway/inception/mercury-coder-small",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
```

## 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.

Source: LiteLLM model price file, https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/model_prices_and_context_window.json