Ling 3.1 Flash vs Trinity Mini: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-11-07 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Ling 3.1 Flash is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.068 per million tokens versus
$0.071, a 5% difference.
Ling 3.1 Flash offers the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 128,000 for Trinity Mini.
Head to head
| Ling 3.1 Flash | Trinity Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.045 | $0.045 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.135 | $0.150 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.068 | $0.071 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 128,000 |
| Vendor | inclusionai | together_ai |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | Ling 3.1 Flash | Trinity Mini |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.079 | $0.083 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $0.787 | $0.825 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $7.88 | $8.25 |
Which should you pick?
Pick Ling 3.1 Flash when you need the longer context window (1,000,000 vs 128,000 tokens). Pick Ling 3.1 Flash when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.