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Inkling

Jul 2026
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$0.60per task?
$0.95 / $4.05per 1M in / out?
204 tok/sfirst token in 1.8 s?
256Kcontext

Rankingat xhigh effort?

Alternatives?

Run it yourself

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Fits on✗ 8 GB (phone, laptop)✗ 16 GB✗ 24 GB GPU✗ 48 GB GPU✗ 80 GB GPU
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use

FAQ

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?›

#76 of 336 in Chat & Knowledge, #56 of 134 in Coding, #86 of 135 in Agents & Tool Use, #73 of 197 in Writing & Language, #61 of 125 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Reasoning, Science, Long context, Knowledge.

Is Inkling better than Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?›

On SimpleQA Verified v1, Inkling scores 40.3 vs 40.4 — about the same.

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?›

Gemini 3.8 Flash (cheaper), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (better), DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (open weights).