Thinking Machines Lab's smaller, more efficient open-weight multimodal model, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total.
Anthropic's fast, low-cost Claude Haiku for high-volume work, succeeding Claude Haiku 4.5.
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Both Inkling Small and Claude Haiku 5.5 are capable AI models. The best choice depends on your specific use case: consider pricing, context window, speed, and which capabilities (vision, reasoning, audio) you need.
Claude Haiku 5.5 has a lower blended cost. Inkling Small: $0.45 input / $1.20 output. Claude Haiku 5.5: $0.10 input / $0.50 output.
Claude Haiku 5.5 has a larger context window: Inkling Small supports 524K tokens vs Claude Haiku 5.5 at 1M tokens.
Yes, both Inkling Small and Claude Haiku 5.5 support vision/image input.
Key differences: Claude Haiku 5.5 is significantly cheaper. Compare full specs on this page.
If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Inkling Small and Claude Haiku 5.5 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.