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title: "mercury-decide - Model Details & Comparison"
description: "mercury-decide from OpenRouter: capabilities, context limits, pricing, and side-by-side comparisons with alternative models."
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# mercury-decide - Model Details & Comparison

> mercury-decide from OpenRouter: capabilities, context limits, pricing, and side-by-side comparisons with alternative models.

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## About mercury-decide

mercury-decide is a decisions model from OpenRouter, one of 31 decisions models they offer. It is priced at $0.02 per 1M input tokens and $0.0000 per 1M output tokens, ranking 13 out of 53 decisions models by cost and cheaper than 74% of models in this category. mercury-decide supports vision. It accepts up to 66K input tokens.

## Specifications

- **OpenRouter Provider.**
- **Decisions Mode.**
- **65,536 Max Input Tokens.**
- **58,982 Max Output Tokens.**
- **58,982 Max Tokens.**
- **$0.02 / 1M tokens Input Price.**
- **$0.0000 / 1M tokens Output Price.**

## Capabilities

mercury-decide supports: Vision.

## mercury-decide Pricing Overview

At $0.02 per 1M input tokens and $0.0000 per 1M output tokens, mercury-decide ranks 13 out of 53 decisions models by input cost. It is more affordable compared to the median of $0.04 for decisions models, and is cheaper than 74% of models in this category.

mercury-decide is one of 31 OpenRouter decisions models, with support for vision.

## Models to Compare

Alternatives to mercury-decide with comparable capabilities.

| Model | Provider | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| pplx-decider-v1-27b | Perplexity | $0.02 | $0.0000 |
| pplx-decider-v1.1-27b | Perplexity | $0.02 | $0.0000 |
| baseten-elephant-9b-latest | Baseten | $0.04 | $0.0000 |
| baseten-joey-2b-latest | Baseten | $0.01 | $0.0000 |
| clef-omni | Cloudflare | $0.15 | $0.0000 |

- [Compare pplx-decider-v1-27b](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/model-library/compare/perplexity/pplx-decider-v1-27b.md)
- [Compare pplx-decider-v1.1-27b](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/model-library/compare/perplexity/pplx-decider-v1.1-27b.md)

## Related Resources

- [Calculate mercury-decide costs](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/openrouter/model/mercury-decide.md)
- [Check OpenRouter status](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/openrouter.md)
- [All OpenRouter pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/openrouter.md)

## FAQ

### Is mercury-decide cheaper than pplx-decider-v1-27b?

No. mercury-decide costs $0.02 per 1M input tokens while pplx-decider-v1-27b costs $0.02 per 1M input tokens, making pplx-decider-v1-27b 0% more affordable for input. However, mercury-decide may offer different capabilities or performance characteristics that justify the price difference.

### How does mercury-decide pricing compare to the average decisions model?

mercury-decide input pricing is $0.02 per 1M tokens, which is 52% below the median of $0.04 for decisions models. It ranks 13 out of 53 decisions models by input cost, making it cheaper than 74% of models in this category.

### What makes mercury-decide different from other OpenRouter models?

Among OpenRouter's 31 decisions models, mercury-decide ranks 10 by input cost.

### What are the best alternatives to mercury-decide?

The most comparable decisions models to mercury-decide are: pplx-decider-v1-27b from Perplexity ($0.02/1M input tokens); pplx-decider-v1.1-27b from Perplexity ($0.02/1M input tokens); baseten-elephant-9b-latest from Baseten ($0.04/1M input tokens); baseten-joey-2b-latest from Baseten ($0.01/1M 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 do I check if OpenRouter is down?

You can monitor OpenRouter service health in real time on the Bifrost OpenRouter Status page. It tracks current component status, active incidents, and historical reliability data pulled from the official status page every 60 seconds.

### How do I calculate mercury-decide costs?

mercury-decide 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 $0.02 and generating 1M output tokens costs $0.0000.

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