Choose AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini if…
- you need structured output (JSON schema) — to return JSON that validates against your schema; inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) does not advertise it
AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini vs inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)
Neither wins outright: AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini is the pick when you need structured output (JSON schema), inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) when cost matters at scale.
Key numbers
| Spec | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Aion Labs | Inclusionai |
| Input price (per 1M tokens) | $0.70 | $0 |
| Output price (per 1M tokens) | $1.40 | $0 |
| Blended price (3:1 input/output) | $0.87 | $0 |
| Cheaper than … of all models we track | 42% | 90% |
| Context window | 262K tokens (~393 pages) | 262K tokens (~393 pages) |
| Larger context than … of all models | 48% | 48% |
| Max output per response | 33K tokens (~24,600 words) | 33K tokens (~24,600 words) |
| Input types | text | text |
| Output types | text | text |
| Free variant | No | Yes |
| Listed since | 2026-09-23 | 2026-08-27 |
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What it costs for real workloads
Monthly cost at list price for five common workloads. Token counts per unit are stated so you can scale them to your own traffic. A workload that does not fit a model's context window is marked rather than priced.
| Workload (per month) | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation (1,500 in / 400 out tokens) | $80.50 | $0 | inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) saves $80.50 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages (6,000 in / 500 out tokens) | $98.00 | $0 | inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) saves $98.00 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context (60,000 in / 6,000 out tokens) | $101 | $0 | inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) saves $101 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page (8,000 in / 600 out tokens) | $64.40 | $0 | inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) saves $64.40 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass (100,000 in / 2,000 out tokens) | $36.40 | $0 | inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) saves $36.40 |
Capabilities side by side
| Capability | AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini | inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) | What it lets you do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tool / function calling | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | call your APIs and run agent loops |
| Structured output (JSON schema) | ✓ Yes | — | return JSON that validates against your schema |
| Reasoning / thinking mode | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | spend extra tokens thinking before answering hard problems |
| Image input | — | — | read screenshots, charts and scanned pages |
| Audio input | — | — | take speech or audio directly |
| File / PDF input | — | — | accept documents without your own parsing step |
| Image output | — | — | generate images, not just text |
| Built-in web search | — | — | answer from live web results |
| Seed (reproducible sampling) | — | ✓ Yes | repeat a generation for tests and evals |
| Log-probabilities | — | ✓ Yes | read token confidence for classification and scoring |
From each model's published parameters and input/output types. “—” means not advertised, not proven absent.
Price history
- AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini: price unchanged since we started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
- inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free): price unchanged since we started tracking it on 2026-08-28.
Which should you choose?
Choose inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) if…
- cost matters at scale — it is 100% cheaper on a typical 3:1 input/output mix ($0 vs $80.50 a month for 50,000 support chats)
- you need seed (reproducible sampling) — to repeat a generation for tests and evals; AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini does not advertise it
- you need log-probabilities — to read token confidence for classification and scoring; AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini does not advertise it
- you want to prototype at zero cost — a free variant is listed
Frequently asked questions
Is AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini better than inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)?
Neither wins outright: AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini is the pick when you need structured output (JSON schema), inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) when cost matters at scale. In short: AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini when you need structured output (JSON schema); inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) when cost matters at scale, you need seed (reproducible sampling), you need log-probabilities, you want to prototype at zero cost.
Which is cheaper, AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini or inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)?
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) is cheaper: $0 vs $0.87 per 1M tokens at a typical 3:1 input/output mix, 100% less. For 50,000 support conversations a month that is $0 against $80.50.
How much do AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini and inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) cost per million tokens?
AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini costs $0.70 per 1M input tokens and $1.40 per 1M output tokens; inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) costs $0 input and $0 output. Output tokens are billed separately, so long answers shift the gap.
Which has the bigger context window, AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini or inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)?
Both take 262K tokens per request — roughly 393 pages of text.
Do AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini and inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) support function calling and JSON output?
Tool calling — AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini: yes, inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free): yes. JSON-schema structured output — AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini: yes, inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free): not advertised.
Can AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini or inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) read images?
Neither accepts image input — both are text-in models.
Is AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini or inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) free to use?
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) has a free variant (inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash-fin:free). Free variants usually carry tighter rate limits.
What is the maximum output length of AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini and inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)?
AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini can write up to 33K tokens (about 24,600 words) per response; inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) up to 33K (about 24,600 words).
When were AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini and inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) released?
AionLabs: Aion 3.5 Mini was listed on 2026-09-23; inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) on 2026-08-27.
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