Sakana Namazu vs Thinking Machines Inkling
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Inkling accepts longer prompts: 524K vs 262K tokens.
- Sakana Namazu's best provider was more reliable over 24 h: 100% vs 98.5%.
| Sakana Namazu | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Sakana | Thinking Machines |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2026-07-17 |
| Input / 1M | $0.95 | $1.00 |
| Output / 1M | $4.00 | $4.05 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.15 | $0.17 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $1.71 | $1.76 |
| Context | 262K | 524K |
| Max output | 66K | 472K |
| Accepts | text, image, file | text, image, audio |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $4.00 | $4.05 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 98.5% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | — | — |
Cost calculator
Sakana Namazu
$117 per month$3.90 per day
Inkling
$121 per month$4.03 per day
Sakana Namazu saves $3.75 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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