Inkling Small vs Muse Glimmer 30B.
model vs model · prices as of
Inkling Small and Muse Glimmer 30B split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
Thinking MachinesInkling Small
$2.22/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at TrustedRouter · $0.266 per 1,000 pages
1M context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
MetaMuse Glimmer 30B
$1.40/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Empirio Labs · $0.168 per 1,000 pages
131k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$0.45/M
$0.35/M
List price out (lower wins)
$1.20/M
$1.50/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
$2.22/M at TrustedRouter
$1.40/M at Empirio Labs
Standard price (lower wins)
$2.55/M
$2.55/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.266
$0.168
Context
1M tokens
131k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
no
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
30 Jul 2026
9 Aug 2026
Providers selling it
14
15
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not stated
not stated
Providers selling both · 10
NanoGPT$2.70 / $1.09
TrustedRouter$2.22 / $2.22
Eden AI$2.55 / $2
Kilo Gateway$2.55 / $2
Nous Portal$2.55 / $2
DeepInfra$2.55 / $2.10
OpenRouter$2.55 / $2.55
Together AI$2.70 / $2.55
Inkling Small then Muse Glimmer 30B, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 10
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What moved in the last seven days
- Inkling SmallNous Portal$0.36 / $0.96 $0.45 / $1.2025% dearer ·
- Muse Glimmer 30BOpenRouterOpenRouter's list price, in and out per million tokens$0.30 / $1.10 $0.35 / $1.5027% dearer ·
- Muse Glimmer 30BNous Portal$0.24 / $0.88 $0.30 / $1.1025% dearer ·
- Muse Glimmer 30BOpenRouter$0.30 / $1.10 $0.35 / $1.5027% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Inkling Small or Muse Glimmer 30B?
- Muse Glimmer 30B, at $1.40 per million tokens against $2.22 for Inkling Small, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Inkling Small: $2.22 at TrustedRouter. Muse Glimmer 30B: $1.40 at Empirio Labs.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 10 providers sell both: NanoGPT, TrustedRouter, Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, DeepInfra, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- Inkling Small, at 1M tokens against 131k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.