LongCat 2.0 vs Inkling

rates, context and capabilities side by side on the impossibl api, and what the same workload costs on each.

the models at a glance: base rates, context window and modalities
specificationLongCat 2.0

meituan/longcat-2.0

Inkling

thinkingmachines/inkling

input · usd / 1m tok$0.30$1.87
output · usd / 1m tok$1.20$4.68
context window1.05mtokens65.54ktokens
modalities · in → out

takes text in, gives text out

takes text and image in, gives text out

pricing

base api rates by model
base api rates · usd per 1m tokensLongCat 2.0

meituan/longcat-2.0

Inkling

thinkingmachines/inkling

input$0.30$1.87
output$1.20$4.68
cache read$0.006$0.374

the estimate below prices one workload at these rates on every model.

specifications

published specifications by model
as publishedLongCat 2.0

meituan/longcat-2.0

Inkling

thinkingmachines/inkling

creatormeituanThinking Machines
model typeText generationText generation
context window1,048,756tokens65,536tokens
input

takes text in, gives text out

takes text and image in, gives text out

outputtexttext
tool callingnot verifiednot verified
releasednot publishedjul 15, 2026
endpoint/v1/chat/completions/v1/chat/completions

unknown means the public catalog does not establish that fact. a model's documented capabilities can differ from what a particular api supports. see the model documentation for integration details.

benchmarks

benchmark scores by model, primary tested configuration
primary configurationLongCat 2.0

meituan/longcat-2.0

no benchmarks yet

Inkling

thinkingmachines/inkling

xhigh

intelligence index · gateway ranknot measured25.5#44 of 90
coding indexnot measured52.1#40 of 60
agentic indexnot measured24.3#33 of 49
omnisciencenot measured2.0#32 of 86
gpqanot measured87.2%#43 of 88
humanity’s last examnot measured31.9%#42 of 89
terminal-bench v2.1not measured55.1%#40 of 57
aa-lcrnot measured77.3%
mmmu-pronot measured73.5%
scicodenot measured47.0%
tau bankingnot measured29.1%
analystagentnot measured23.8%
gdp.pdf all-passnot measured12.8%
multilingual lcrnot measured12.2%
critptnot measured5.4%
automationbench partialnot measured5.0%
terminal-bench v4.0not measured1.0%

Inkling source ↗

each column describes the tested configuration named under the model; performance and costs can differ on impossibl. a score one model was not measured on is left blank rather than scored zero. indices are ranked against every model on the gateway with one. last checked 2026-09-11.

estimate your cost

one token workload, priced on every model at the published rates, in usd. change the numbers to match yours.

token workload

total input, including cached tokens

include billable reasoning tokens

the same token usage in each request

a subset of total input, never additional tokens

LongCat 2.0

meituan/longcat-2.0

estimated usage cost

$0.90

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $0.30 + 500 output × $1.20) / 1,000,000 = $0.90

base rates; no context pricing tiers are published.

Inkling

thinkingmachines/inkling

estimated usage cost

$4.21

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $1.87 + 500 output × $4.68) / 1,000,000 = $4.21

base rates; no context pricing tiers are published.

estimates use published impossibl api usage rates. configured billing adjustments, funding fees, taxes, and custom workspace rates are excluded and may change the final amount.

image and audio usage, cache creation, and additional tool charges are excluded. reasoning tokens count as billable output, even when they are not visible in the response.

summary

LongCat 2.0 and Inkling are available through the Impossibl API. they share the /v1/chat/completions endpoint; the model identifier selects the model for a request.

LongCat 2.0 is created by meituan. It has a 1,048,756-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $0.30 per million input tokens; $1.20 per million output tokens.

Inkling is created by Thinking Machines. It has a 65,536-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $1.87 per million input tokens; $4.68 per million output tokens.

LongCat 2.0Inkling

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