Inkling Small

Thinkingmachines · Released July 2026

Inkling Small is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total. It is positioned as the smaller, more efficient member of...

Facts and pricing

Provider

Thinkingmachines

Context window

524K tokens

Input price

5.0 credits / 1M tokens ($0.45 raw)

Output price

13.2 credits / 1M tokens ($1.20 raw)

Vision (image input)

Yes

Tool calling

Yes

Extended reasoning

No

Credits are what Zeplik bills: 1 credit = $0.10, computed from the raw provider rate with a 1.10x margin. Raw prices shown per 1M tokens.

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What Inkling Small is best for

• High-volume everyday tasks where speed and cost matter: summaries, drafts, quick questions
• Very long documents and codebases: a 524K-token window fits entire books or repositories in one conversation
• Working with images: screenshots, charts, photos and scanned documents alongside text
• Tool use and agents: reliably calls functions, so it can search, run skills and drive workflows

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Frequently asked questions

What is Inkling Small?

Inkling Small is an AI model by Thinkingmachines. Inkling Small is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total. It is positioned as the smaller, more efficient member of...

How much does Inkling Small cost on Zeplik?

Input tokens cost 5.0 credits per million and output tokens 13.2 credits per million (1 credit = $0.10; the raw provider rates are $0.45 and $1.20 per million). New accounts start with free credits.

How long can a conversation with Inkling Small be?

Inkling Small has a 524K-token context window (524,288 tokens), which covers the conversation plus any documents you attach.

Does Inkling Small support images and tools?

Inkling Small accepts image input and supports tool calling.

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