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Mercury pricing.
Content updated: January 2026· January 2026 Editorial Baseline
Plans, real costs, and a straight answer on whether Mercury is worth paying for.
The short answer
Mercury banking is free for startups. The cost question is really about the bundled IO and Treasury products — for most founders, the core account is the right answer and the only one.
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What is Mercury pricing?
Mercury is us founders who want banking that moves as fast as their business, priced from Free.
Mercury plans
Mercury
$0
All startups
- ·Checking + savings
- ·Corporate cards
- ·Wire transfers
Best pick if: You're a US-formed company.
IO Plus
$50+ /month
Scaled finance ops
- ·Approval workflows
- ·Accounting integrations
- ·Higher limits
Is it worth it?
Default operating bank for US startups in 2026. Paid IO plans only make sense for teams running real bill pay, payroll, and corporate cards in one place.
When to upgrade
Upgrade to IO Plus when payroll, AP, and corporate cards belong in one place.
Pay for Mercury if…
- ✓You run a US company or LLC
- ✓You want one bank dashboard for spend, cards, and IO
- ✓You need Treasury yield on idle cash
Don't pay if…
- ×You're not a US business — Mercury can't bank you
- ×You only need a card and an account — the free tier is enough
Cheaper or better alternatives to Mercury
Comparable to Brex and Ramp; pricing competes more on rewards than fees.
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