Model comparisons

InferIndex · https://inferindex.dev/en/compare/cohere/command-r7b-12-2024/vs/inception/mercury-2.5

Command R7B (12-2024) costs from $0.066 per million tokens and Mercury 2.5 from $0.068 (at a 3:1 input:output mix): the cheapest price for each; prices checked on 31 October 2026.

Each model's lowest blended price, per 1M tokens, across every provider we track.

Command R7B (12-2024) vs Mercury 2.5: API prices

Model	Blended$/1MLowest blended price, $ per 1M tokens. Green background: the most favourable value of each column.	Input$/1MInput price of the cheapest offer, per 1M tokens	Output$/1MOutput price of the cheapest offer, per 1M tokens	No training$/1MThe provider's published policy says the text you send is not used to train models. We only show what is published; we can't check it ourselves.	Monthly cost$For 2,000 input tokens and 500 output tokens per request, 1,000 requests a day, at the cheapest offer for that workload. Change the workload above.	Offers	Providers	ContextThe maximum amount of text, counted in tokens, the model can take in and write in a single request. Past this limit, the request is refused or cut.	Observation
Command R7B (12-2024), Cohereat Cohere via OpenRouter	$0.066, most favourable value of the column	$0.038, most favourable value of the column	$0.15	–	$4.50, most favourable value of the columnat Cohere via OpenRouter	5	3	128k	CheapestCheapest. Lowest blended price, $ per 1M tokens
Mercury 2.5, Inceptionat Vercel AI Gateway	$0.068Most expensive offer · $0.423. The highest blended price among comparable offers: one price per provider (its cheapest route), standard tier, current prices only. Priority tiers and prices converted from points are not counted.	$0.04	$0.15	$0.068	$4.65at Vercel AI Gateway	7	6, most favourable value of the column	–

Green background: the most favourable value of each column.