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Inkling Small API pricing
As of October 22, 2026, Thinking Machines Inkling Small costs $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, the median of 1 providers on OpenRouter, with cached input at $0.10 per million.
Inkling Small benchmarks and specs · Every Thinking Machines model's price
- Input, per million tokens$0.45
- Output, per million tokens$1.20
- Cached input, per million$0.10
- Context window524K tokens
- Max output262K tokens
- Output speed204 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 | $0.0010 | $1.05 | Yes |
| Repository review | 50K input + 3K output tokens | $0.026 | $26.10 | Yes |
| Agent loop | 200K input + 10K output tokens | $0.102 | $102.00 | Yes |
| Solved coding task | One SWE-bench Verified attempt, divided by the share that succeed | $0.16 | $160.00 |
Price history
The price of Inkling Small here is the median across 1 providers on OpenRouter, so we do not track price changes for it.
Cheaper models as good as Inkling Small
Models within two points of Inkling Small or above it on the LLMBenchmark Index, with a lower output price. Cheapest first.
- Qwen3.5-Flash$0.26 Overall 50.1 against 43.6 · 78% cheaper output
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash$0.28 Overall 60.8 against 43.6 · 77% cheaper output
- MiMo-V2.5$0.336 Overall 50.7 against 43.6 · 72% cheaper output
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731$0.396 Overall 55.2 against 43.6 · 67% cheaper output
- Gemma 4 31B$0.40 Overall 42.1 against 43.6 · 67% cheaper output
Inkling Small pricing questions
- How much does Inkling Small cost per million tokens?
- $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, as listed on OpenRouter on October 22, 2026.
- Does Inkling Small support prompt caching?
- Yes. OpenRouter lists cached input at $0.10 per million tokens, against $0.45 for uncached input.
- Is there a cheaper model as good as Inkling Small?
- Qwen3.5-Flash scores 50.1 on the LLMBenchmark Index, within two points of Inkling Small or above it, and costs $0.26 per million output tokens.
- Has the price of Inkling Small changed?
- The price of Inkling Small here is the median across 1 providers on OpenRouter, so we do not track price changes for it.