Ling-2.6-flash

Inclusionai chattool_use Long

API ID: inclusionai/ling-2.6-flash-20260421

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Input Price
$0.01
/1M tokens
Output Price
$0.03
/1M tokens
Cached Input
$0.0020
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About Ling-2.6-flash

Ling-2.6-flash is a budget-friendly general-purpose model from Inclusionai with ultra-long context (262k), suitable for conversations, content creation, and general AI tasks.

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Price Ranking
#587 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
262k
Max Output
33k
Release Date
2026-04-21
Capabilities
chat tool_use
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.01
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$0.42
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Ling-2.6-flash API

OpenAI-compatible SDK 
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="inclusionai/ling-2.6-flash-20260421",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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