Catalogue / OpenRouter / Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) (sold by OpenRouter)
Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) (sold by OpenRouter)
Prices and limits, each value carrying the date it was observed and the source it came from.
As of 15 September 2026, Inkling (batch) costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $4.05 per million output tokens on OpenRouter. Observed on OpenRouter's own published price list on 15 September 2026. This is OpenRouter's resale price, not the model vendor's list price.
OpenRouter no longer lists this offer on its price page. The figures below are the last we observed, and they carry the day we observed them. We keep them rather than deleting the page: a price that was true on a date stays a fact, and a URL that vanishes is a citation that rots.
Do not read these as what you would pay today. Check what OpenRouter still sells, or the same model at other sellers.
What does Inkling (batch) cost?
| Parameter | Value | Unit | Observed | Source | Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input price | $1.00 | USD per 1M tokens | 15 September 2026 recheck due | official API L1 | 08c6e27b7535 |
| Output price | $4.05 | USD per 1M tokens | 15 September 2026 recheck due | official API L1 | 08c6e27b7535 |
| Context window | 524 288 | tokens | 15 September 2026 recheck due | official API L1 | 08c6e27b7535 |
| Maximum output | 471 859 | tokens | 16 September 2026 recheck due | official API L1 | 857cc1308658 |
| Agentic index (Artificial Analysis) | 22.5 | index 0-100 | 20 September 2026 recheck due | official API L4 | 49fd1bbe9fa9 |
| Coding index (Artificial Analysis) | 52.1 | index 0-100 | 16 September 2026 recheck due | official API L4 | 42ebb9d4b828 |
| Intelligence index (Artificial Analysis) | 25.0 | index 0-100 | 20 September 2026 recheck due | official API L4 | 49fd1bbe9fa9 |
| Input modalities |
| list | 18 September 2026 recheck due | official API L1 | 62c152853524 |
| Output modalities |
| list | 18 September 2026 recheck due | official API L1 | 62c152853524 |
| Cache read price | $0.170 | USD per 1M tokens | 15 September 2026 recheck due | official API L1 | 08c6e27b7535 |
| Listed since | 2026-07-17 | date | 18 September 2026 recheck due | official API L1 | 62c152853524 |
| Supported parameters |
| list | 18 September 2026 recheck due | official API L1 | 62c152853524 |
How has Inkling (batch) moved?
How capable is Inkling (batch)?
| Index | Score | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic index (Artificial Analysis) | 22.5 | 20 September 2026 | Artificial Analysis L4 |
| Coding index (Artificial Analysis) | 52.1 | 16 September 2026 | Artificial Analysis L4 |
| Intelligence index (Artificial Analysis) | 25.0 | 20 September 2026 | Artificial Analysis L4 |
These indices are produced by Artificial Analysis and relayed through the catalogue API. They are not our own measurement. See cost per point of capability to compare them against price.
Has Inkling (batch) changed price?
| Detected | Parameter | From | To | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2026 | Agentic index (Artificial Analysis) | 24.3 | 22.5 | -7.4% |
| 20 September 2026 | Intelligence index (Artificial Analysis) | 25.5 | 25.0 | -2.0% |
What did Inkling (batch) cost before we started reading?
Between 6 August 2026 and 21 August 2026, public archived copies of the seller's catalogue show the output price going from $2.025 to $4.05 (+100%), through 1 change.
| Captured | Price | Per 1M tokens | Archived copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2026 | Input | $0.500 | view the capture |
| 6 August 2026 | Output | $2.025 | view the capture |
| 21 August 2026 | Input | $1.00 | view the capture |
| 21 August 2026 | Output | $4.05 | view the capture |
These figures come from 2 public archived copies of the seller's catalogue, not from our own reading: each row shows the day of the capture and links to it, so you can check it. Identical consecutive values are folded into one row, dated by the first capture that shows them.
Other services from OpenRouter
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- TheDrummer: UnslopNemo 12B
- Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)
- Thinking Machines: Inkling
- Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (batch)
Where these figures come from
Source: OpenRouter. Every figure on this page was read from
OpenRouter's own published price list, and every row above links straight back to it.
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How is this page verified?
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The Proof column shows the first twelve characters of the SHA-256 fingerprint of the source content at the moment we read it. Hover it for the full value. It is what lets us demonstrate later what the source said on a given day, after that page has changed or vanished. The full fingerprints are in data.json.
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