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Thinking Machines: Inkling vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2
Compare Thinking Machines: Inkling and MiniMax: MiniMax M2 by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.
Onebase URL to migrate
100sof models and routes
Noneprompt logs by default
Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.
Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.
Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.
Practical read
MiniMax: MiniMax M2 has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. Thinking Machines: Inkling has more provider fallback routes, while Thinking Machines: Inkling has the larger context window. Current TrustedRouter probes show MiniMax: MiniMax M2 with the lower p50 TTFT.
$5.3025/1MThinking Machines: Inkling cheapest route
$1.575/1MMiniMax: MiniMax M2 cheapest route
5994 msThinking Machines: Inkling measured p50 TTFT
3604 msMiniMax: MiniMax M2 measured p50 TTFT
Thinking Machines: InklingMiniMax: MiniMax M2
Model id
thinkingmachines/inklingminimax/minimax-m2
PublisherTogetherNovita AI
Context524,288 tokens204,800 tokens
Provider routes54
Cheapest route$5.3025/1M$1.575/1M
Privacy posturehas ZDR routeprovider posture varies
Modes
chat
chat
Thinking Machines: Inkling routes
Production choice
Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.
TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.
OpenAI clientPython
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="thinkingmachines/inkling",
messages=messages,
)