Reflection lists 1 models and Thinkingmachines 6. Thinkingmachines is cheaper on a typical model ($1.22 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Reflection | Thinkingmachines | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 1 | 6 |
| Models with published pricing | 1 | 6 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $1.50 | $1.22 |
| Cheapest paid model | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64) |
| Longest context | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (1.0M) | Thinking Machines: Inkling (free) (1.0M) |
| Free models | 0 | 2 |
| Newest model | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (2026-10-16) | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (2026-07-30) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 0 | 8 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | Reflection | Thinkingmachines |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $135 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B | $57.75 with Thinking Machines: Inkling Small |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $150 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B | $66.00 with Thinking Machines: Inkling Small |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $156 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B | $68.40 with Thinking Machines: Inkling Small |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $98.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B | $43.20 with Thinking Machines: Inkling Small |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $53.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B | $23.70 with Thinking Machines: Inkling Small |
| You need | Reflection | Thinkingmachines |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64) |
| With tool calling | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64) |
| With image input | none listed | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64) |
| With reasoning mode | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64) |
| 128K+ context | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small ($0.64) |
| 1M+ context | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) | none listed |
| Model type | Reflection | Thinkingmachines |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+audio->text | 0 | 6 |
| text->text | 1 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Reflection | Thinkingmachines |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 2 |
| Under $0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 1 | 4 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Thinkingmachines is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $1.22 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.50 for Reflection. The cheapest paid models are Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at $1.50 and Thinking Machines: Inkling Small at $0.64.
It depends on the job: Thinkingmachines offers the broader line-up (1 models vs 6), Thinkingmachines the lower typical price. The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Thinkingmachines: Reflection lists 1 models and Thinkingmachines lists 6.
It is a tie: Reflection's longest is Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at 1.0M tokens; Thinkingmachines's is Thinking Machines: Inkling (free) at 1.0M.
Reflection: none. Thinkingmachines: 2 free models (e.g. Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)).
Reflection: 0 of 1 models accept images. Thinkingmachines: 6 of 6.