Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Inkling Small?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 from $0.10 and Inkling Small from $0.45.

Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Inkling Small?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the largest context window: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 1,048,576 tokens and Inkling Small 524,288 tokens.

Can I switch between DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Inkling Small without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017, thinkingmachines/inkling-small).

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Inkling Small

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 DeepSeekdeepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017

Inkling Small Thinking Machinesthinkingmachines/inkling-small

Creator

DeepSeek

Thinking Machines

Released

Oct 17, 2026

Jul 30, 2026

Context window

1.05M

524K

Max output

944K

262K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$0.10$0.10–$0.30 across 4

$0.45

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$0.29$0.29–$1.20 across 4

$1.20

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

32.6

12.9

Accepts

Text, Image

Text, Image, Audio

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Inkling Small: summary

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Inkling Small are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, from DeepSeek, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $0.10/1M input and $0.29/1M output tokens across 4 providers and scores 32.6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Inkling Small, from Thinking Machines, has a 524,288-token context window, costs $0.45/1M input and $1.20/1M output tokens and scores 12.9 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is the cheapest on input, 4.5× cheaper than the next model, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the largest context window and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 scores highest for intelligence.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="thinkingmachines/inkling-small", messages=[...])

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