Inkling vs Inkling Small
Lower and Larger mark one number at a time; they don’t rank the models. How well a model does depends on your task; see Benchmarks for measured results.
| Detail | Inklingthinkingmachines/inkling | Inkling Smallthinkingmachines/inkling-small |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | thinkingmachines | thinkingmachines |
| Kind | Chat | Chat |
| Input per 1M tokens | $1.05 | $0.4725 Lower |
| Cached input per 1M tokens | $0.1785 | $0.105 |
| Cache write per 1M tokens | Same as input | Same as input |
| Output per 1M tokens | $4.2525 | $1.26 Lower |
| Context window | 256,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens Larger |
| Max output | 256,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens Larger |
| Capabilities | Reasoning, tool use, vision, file input | Reasoning, tool use, vision, file input |
| Takes | Text, image, pdf | Text, image, pdf |
| Returns | Text | Text |
| Zero data retention | Not on every provider | Not on every provider |
| No training on requests | Not on every provider | Not on every provider |
| Released | 2026-07-15 | 2026-07-30 |
Example costs
Example requests, priced at today’s rates with no cached input.
| Example request | Inkling | Inkling Small |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 tokens in, 200 out | $0.001901 | $0.000725 |
| 10,000 tokens in, 1,000 out | $0.014753 | $0.005985 |
| 100,000 tokens in, 4,000 out | $0.12201 | $0.05229 |