Alternatives?
CheaperDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpen+62%-56%$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4
BetterGPT-5.6 Lunamedium+4%-97%$0.016
CheaperMiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen+57%-78%$0.13Memory (4-bit): 571 GB → 615 GB+4
CheaperGLM 5.3 FlashmaxOpen+53%-52%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4
CheaperQwen3.8 FlashthinkingOpen+51%-37%$0.37max_tokens range · QwenCloud+5DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpen+62%-56%$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4MiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen+57%-78%$0.13Memory (4-bit): 571 GB → 615 GB+4GLM 5.3 FlashmaxOpen+53%-52%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4Qwen3.8 FlashthinkingOpen+51%-37%$0.37max_tokens range · QwenCloud+5
Claude Haiku 5.5max+51%-64%$0.21Remove sampling parameters+5GPT-5.6 Lunamedium+4%-97%$0.016GPT-6 Lunamedium+18%-97%$0.017Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3Claude Haiku 5.5low+5%-96%$0.024Remove sampling parameters+5GPT-6.1 Terralow+11%-91%$0.055MiMo v2.6 FlashthinkingOpen+49%-90%$0.062Pass back reasoning_content+3DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpen+62%-56%$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4MiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen+57%-78%$0.13Memory (4-bit): 571 GB → 615 GB+4GLM 5.3maxOpen+53%+237%$2.01No image input+4GLM 5.3 FlashmaxOpen+53%-52%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4Qwen3.8 FlashthinkingOpen+51%-37%$0.37max_tokens range · QwenCloud+5Run it yourself
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in Agents & Tool UseFAQ
How much does Inkling cost?›
$0.95 per 1M input tokens and $4.05 per 1M output tokens (cheapest host: DeepInfra). A typical benchmark task costs about $0.60 at xhigh effort.
Is Inkling free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.95 per 1M input tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Inkling, and what is it best at?›
#77 of 360 in Chat & Knowledge, #57 of 137 in Coding, #87 of 138 in Agents & Tool Use, #73 of 197 in Writing & Language, #62 of 132 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Reasoning, Science, Long context, Knowledge.
Is Inkling better than Solar Mini 4?›
On GDPval-AA (work tasks) 2.1, Inkling scores 1,080.7 vs 1,092.2 — lower. It is 16% more expensive per task.
How can I use Inkling?›
Through the API of DeepInfra, Together.
What is the context window of Inkling?›
256K tokens.
When was Inkling released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-07-15. It is the current version in its line.
Is Inkling open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Inkling locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Can Inkling read images?›
It accepts text and images, audio as input.
What is Inkling?›
Inkling is an open-weights language model from Thinking Machines, released Jul 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Inkling?›
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (cheaper), GPT-5.6 Luna (better).