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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 Beam 1.0 501B A23B?›

On Vals Legal Research Bench, Inkling scores 28.4 vs 28.9 — 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?›

MiMo v2.6 Pro (cheaper), Muse Spark 1.3 (better), GLM 5.3 (open weights).