Thinking Machines: Inkling (free) alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
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Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) | Nvidia | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 256K Long context (128K+) | $0.00 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omni | Xiaomi | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.30 Budget | vs → | |
| 4 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch) | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → | |
| 5 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → | |
| 6 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.05 Budget | vs → | |
| 7 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → | |
| 8 | Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → | |
| 9 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → | |
| 10 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.13 Budget | vs → | |
| 11 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → | |
| 12 | Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.30 Budget | vs → | |
| 13 | Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch) | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → | |
| 14 | Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.38 Budget | vs → | |
| 15 | Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision, audio · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.38 Budget | vs → |
Larger-context alternatives
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash — 1.0MGoogle: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch) — 1.0MGoogle: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite — 1.0MGoogle: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) — 1.0MGoogle: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 — 1.0MGoogle: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) — 1.0MGoogle: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite — 1.0MGoogle: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) — 1.0M