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Thinking Machines: Inkling vs Z.ai: GLM 4.7
Compare Thinking Machines: Inkling and Z.ai: GLM 4.7 by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.
Onebase URL to migrate
100sof models and routes
0prompt or output logs. Always.
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
Z.ai: GLM 4.7 has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. Z.ai: GLM 4.7 has more provider fallback routes, while Thinking Machines: Inkling has the larger context window. Current TrustedRouter probes show Z.ai: GLM 4.7 with the lower p50 TTFT.
$5.3025/1MThinking Machines: Inkling cheapest route
$2.2575/1MZ.ai: GLM 4.7 cheapest route
1987 msThinking Machines: Inkling measured p50 TTFT
997 msZ.ai: GLM 4.7 measured p50 TTFT
Thinking Machines: InklingZ.ai: GLM 4.7
Model id
thinkingmachines/inklingz-ai/glm-4.7
PublisherDeepInfraZ.AI
Context1,048,576 tokens204,800 tokens
Provider routes611
Cheapest route$5.3025/1M$2.2575/1M
Privacy posturehas ZDR routehas ZDR route
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,
)