Inkling 2 Small is Thinking Machines' second-generation 594B-total, 17B-active mixture-of-experts model with image input. its weights are closed for now; the lab plans an Apache 2.0 release. on octomind it is served only through Tinker.
pick it if
want the lowest-priced Inkling on octomind, below Inkling Small on both input and output
need adjustable reasoning effort, with chain-of-thought you can switch off
work on long agent runs: the lab trained it with a 256K window plus compaction
skip it if
you need open weights today; the lab has not released them yet
you need audio input; Inkling 2 Small takes text and images only
Qwen3.7 Plus is Alibaba's multimodal agent model from the Qwen3.7 generation, served through Model Studio with text, image and video input. in this catalog it sits between Qwen3.8 Omni Flash and Qwen3.8 Max on price.
pick it if
you want a Qwen model with image and video input below Qwen3.8 Max pricing
you reuse long prompts: cache hits bill at a fifth of input
you run screen, GUI or tool-using agents, the work Qwen pitches it for
skip it if
you need audio input; Qwen3.8 Omni Flash takes it for less
you need more than the 256K context window this catalog serves
faq
which is cheaper, Inkling 2 Small or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Inkling 2 Small lists lower input and output prices. on a coding-agent session (2M tokens in, 60,000 out) Inkling 2 Small costs $0.66 and Qwen3.7 Plus $0.90.
can i switch between Inkling 2 Small and Qwen3.7 Plus mid-task?
yes. in an octomind session, /model octohub:inkling-2-small and /model octohub:qwen3.7-plus switch models without losing the conversation, so you can draft on one and review on the other.
try either model
switch between models inside the same octomind session.