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Inkling Small

$0.45/1M in · $1.20/1M out · 524K context. That's cheaper than 60% of the 382 models we track, by output price. Here's what it costs, how its price has moved, and where it fits.

output price · per 1M tokens
$1.20
input $0.45/1M · routed
Context
524K
Input / 1M
$0.45
Output / 1M
$1.20
Modality
text + image + audio
Provider
Thinkingmachines
Tokenizer
Other

Snapshot · source: OpenRouter ↗ · how we measure →

cost at a typical workload
$255 / mo

For 1,500 input + 500 output tokens across 200,000 requests/month. That's 43× the cheapest tracked option (Ling-2.6-flash, $6.00/mo).

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output price history
output / 1M

Flat at $1.20 since tracking began 2026-08-02. Full history →

Where it fits

  • Long inputs — a 524K-token window holds roughly 786 pages of text at once.
  • Multimodal prompts — accepts image input alongside text (and audio).

Watch for

  • Priced from OpenRouter's routed market, not a first-party list price — availability and rate can shift without notice.

These notes are derived from price, context and modality — structural facts, not measured quality. Measured cost-to-finish-a-task lives on the real-cost index.

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How to read Inkling Small's pricing

Two numbers decide most of the bill: $0.45/1M for input (everything you send — prompt, context, attachments) and $1.20/1M for output (everything it generates, including hidden reasoning tokens). Output is priced 2.7× the input rate here, so the shape of your workload — how much it reads versus writes — matters as much as the headline figure. This row is OpenRouter's routed market price; it can move as providers and routing change.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Inkling Small cost per million tokens?

Inkling Small is priced at $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens, from OpenRouter's routed market price as of the 2026-08-12 snapshot. Output is the figure that usually drives the bill. Enter your own token volumes in the cost calculator for a monthly estimate.

What is Inkling Small's context window?

Inkling Small has a 524K-token context window — roughly 786 pages of text. Prompt, attachments, conversation and the model's own output all share that budget, and every token you send is billed at the input rate.

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