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Thinking Machines: Inkling Small is an API model from thinkingmachines. It costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $1.2 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.1. Its context window is 524,288 tokens with up to 262,144 output tokens. A workload of 10M input + 2M output tokens costs about $6.9 per month.

Input

$0.45

per 1M tokens

Output

$1.2

per 1M tokens

Cached input

$0.1

per 1M tokens

Context window

524K

524,288 tokens

Blended (80/20)

$0.6

per 1M tokens

Inkling Small is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total. It is positioned as the smaller, more efficient member of...

How much does Thinking Machines: Inkling Small cost for a real workload?

At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, Thinking Machines: Inkling Small costs about $6.9 ($4.5 input + $2.4 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.

What are cheaper alternatives to Thinking Machines: Inkling Small?

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX — $0.37 in / $1.25 out per 1M
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus — $0.32 in / $1.28 out per 1M
Meta: Muse Glimmer 30B — $0.3 in / $1.2 out per 1M
Meituan: LongCat 2.0 — $0.3 in / $1.2 out per 1M
MiniMax: MiniMax M3 — $0.3 in / $1.2 out per 1M
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 — $0.3 in / $1.2 out per 1M

Where to run Thinking Machines: Inkling Small

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Compare Thinking Machines: Inkling Small with other models

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Thinking Machines: Inkling Small cost?

Thinking Machines: Inkling Small costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $1.2 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 22, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $6.9.

What is the context window of Thinking Machines: Inkling Small?

Thinking Machines: Inkling Small has a context window of 524,288 tokens and can return up to 262,144 output tokens per response.

What are cheaper alternatives to Thinking Machines: Inkling Small?

Cheaper models include Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX ($0.37 in / $1.25 out), Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus ($0.32 in / $1.28 out), Meta: Muse Glimmer 30B ($0.3 in / $1.2 out). See the full list on this page.

Is Thinking Machines: Inkling Small free to use?

No. Thinking Machines: Inkling Small is a paid model at $0.45 input / $1.2 output per 1M tokens. 21 free models are listed on the free models page.

Provider: thinkingmachines · Model ID: thinkingmachines/inkling-small · Modality: text+image+audio->text · Price snapshot October 22, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices