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Inkling
Inkling is an everyday open-weight model from Thinking Machines Lab, released 15 July 2026. At Together AI it costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $4.05 per million output tokens, with a 524K-token context window. 2 providers serve it, and Together AI is the cheapest.
- Made by
- Thinking Machines Lab
- Released
- 2026-07-15
- Status
- Generally available
- Tier
- Everyday
- Weights
- Open
- Context window
- 524,288 tokens
- Input
- text
- API id
thinkingmachines/Inkling
Inkling price at 2 providers
US dollars per million tokens. Blended is 3 input tokens for every output token, one number to compare on. The cheapest blended price is highlighted.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Blended | Batch | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Together AI | $1.00 | $4.05 | $0.17 | $1.76 | – | 2026-10-17 |
| Modal Labs · thinkingmachines/Inkling-NVFP4 | $1.20 | $5.00 | $0.27 | $2.15 | – | 2026-10-17 |
- Together AI: Open weights (975B total, 41B active) under Apache 2.0. Served in NVFP4 with a 524,288-token context; Together lists it among chat models, not vision models.
- Modal Labs: Modal Shared Endpoint, billed per token; NVFP4. Open weights (975B total, 41B active) under Apache 2.0.
Inkling benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score | What it measures | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | real GitHub issues fixed | Thinking Machines Lab |
Scores reported by a model's maker aren't independently checked.
Models like Inkling
Other everyday models closest in price, at each maker's own price or the cheapest provider.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkling | $1.00 | $4.05 | 524K | Open |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek | $1.32 | $3.96 | 1M | Open |
| Muse Spark Open Meta | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1M | Open |
| Muse Spark 1.3 Meta | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1M | Closed |
| GLM-5.3 Z.ai | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1M | Open |
| Step 5 Preview StepFun | $1.00 | $2.70 | 1M | Closed |
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Inkling FAQ
How much does Inkling cost?
Inkling costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $4.05 per million output tokens at Together AI, and $0.17 per million cached input tokens. Prices are list prices in US dollars, last checked 17 October 2026.
What is Inkling's context window?
Inkling takes up to 524,288 tokens in one request.
Is Inkling open weight?
Yes. Thinking Machines Lab publishes the weights, so you can run Inkling yourself or at any host that serves it.
Where can I use Inkling?
Inkling is available from Together AI and Modal Labs. At Together AI, call it as thinkingmachines/Inkling.