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Thinking Machines: Inkling Small — pricing & benchmarks

By thinkingmachines · Updated 2026-07-24 · long-context / RAGvision / documentsaudiostep-by-step reasoning

Thinking Machines: Inkling Small costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $1.2 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M context window. It is best suited for long-context / RAG, vision / documents, audio, step-by-step reasoning, and is available through one OpenAI-compatible Appmo API key.
$0.45Input / 1M
$1.2Output / 1M
1MContext
—Intelligence
—Coding
—GPQA %
—Speed tok/s

What Thinking Machines: Inkling Small is used for

Thinking Machines: Inkling Small is best suited for long-context / RAG, vision / documents, audio, step-by-step reasoning. Access it through one Appmo API key alongside 390 other models — Appmo's optimizer can route to it automatically when it is the best value for a request.

Use it via the Appmo API (OpenAI-compatible)

curl https://appmo.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APPMO_KEY" \
  -d '{"model":"thinkingmachines/inkling-small","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

FAQ

How much does Thinking Machines: Inkling Small cost?
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $1.2 per 1M output tokens ($0.638 blended), as of 2026-07-24. Prices are expected to fall as competition increases.

What is Thinking Machines: Inkling Small best for?
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small is best suited for long-context / RAG, vision / documents, audio, step-by-step reasoning.

How do I use Thinking Machines: Inkling Small?
Send requests to Appmo's OpenAI-compatible endpoint with model id "thinkingmachines/inkling-small" and one API key — no separate provider account needed.