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Inkling API pricing
As of October 22, 2026, Thinking Machines Inkling costs $0.975 per million input tokens and $4.05 per million output tokens, the median of 2 providers on OpenRouter, with cached input at $0.17 per million.
Inkling benchmarks and specs · Every Thinking Machines model's price
- Input, per million tokens$0.975
- Output, per million tokens$4.05
- Cached input, per million$0.17
- Context window524K tokens
- Max output472K tokens
- Output speed194 tok/s
What a request costs
Three fixed token mixes at the list price, without cache or batch discounts. For a whole month, use the calculator.
| Workload | Tokens | One request | 1,000 requests | Fits the context window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat turn | 1K input + 500 output tokens | $0.0030 | $3.00 | Yes |
| Repository review | 50K input + 3K output tokens | $0.061 | $60.90 | Yes |
| Agent loop | 200K input + 10K output tokens | $0.235 | $235.50 | Yes |
| Solved coding task | One SWE-bench Verified attempt, divided by the share that succeed | $0.76 | $760.00 |
Price history
The price of Inkling here is the median across 2 providers on OpenRouter, so we do not track price changes for it.
Cheaper models as good as Inkling
Models within two points of Inkling or above it on the LLMBenchmark Index, with a lower output price. Cheapest first.
- Qwen3.5-Flash$0.26 Overall 50.1 against 46.5 · 94% cheaper output
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash$0.28 Overall 60.8 against 46.5 · 93% cheaper output
- MiMo-V2.5$0.336 Overall 50.7 against 46.5 · 92% cheaper output
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731$0.396 Overall 55.2 against 46.5 · 90% cheaper output
- Claude Haiku 5.5$0.50 Overall 67.6 against 46.5 · 88% cheaper output
Inkling pricing questions
- How much does Inkling cost per million tokens?
- $0.975 per million input tokens and $4.05 per million output tokens, as listed on OpenRouter on October 22, 2026.
- Does Inkling support prompt caching?
- Yes. OpenRouter lists cached input at $0.17 per million tokens, against $0.975 for uncached input.
- Is there a cheaper model as good as Inkling?
- Qwen3.5-Flash scores 50.1 on the LLMBenchmark Index, within two points of Inkling or above it, and costs $0.26 per million output tokens.
- Has the price of Inkling changed?
- The price of Inkling here is the median across 2 providers on OpenRouter, so we do not track price changes for it.