Inkling Small alternatives for the EU.
Inkling Small by Thinking Machines is available in the EU. Here are 8 similar tools in the same space, 8 of them verified available.
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At a glance
| Tool | EU status | Pricing | Open source | Released | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkling Small (this) | Available in EU | Open source | No | 27 Jul 2026 | 2 |
| Inkling 2 Small | Available in EU | Pricing unknown | Unknown | n/a | 2 |
| MiniMax M3 | Available in EU | Open source | No | 2 Jun 2026 | 4 |
| LongCat 2.5 | Available in EU | Open source | No | 4 Nov 2026 | 2 |
| MiniCPM-V 4.6 | Available in EU | Open source | No | 13 Apr 2026 | 1 |
| Occamy 1.0 | Available in EU | Open source | No | 13 Aug 2026 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Available in EU | Open source | Unknown | n/a | 10 |
| Ornith 1.5 | Available in EU | Open source | Unknown | n/a | 1 |
| Spark-X2.6-1.7B | Available in EU | Open source | Unknown | 19 Oct 2026 | 1 |
The alternatives, closest match first
Open-weights multimodal MoE model (594B total, 17B active) from Thinking Machines, available via Tinker.
By Thinking Machines. 2 mentions in creator videos.
Available in EUon Matthew BermanOpen-weights native multimodal MoE model from MiniMax, ~428B parameters (~23B active) with 1M-token context.
By MiniMax. 4 mentions in creator videos.
Meituan's open-weights 1.6T-parameter multimodal MoE model (48B active) for agentic coding and visual tasks.
By Meituan. 2 mentions in creator videos.
Small open-weights multimodal model from OpenBMB for image and video understanding on phones and edge devices.
By OpenBMB. 1 mention in creator videos.
Open-weights 35B MoE (3B active) agentic model from Accio Lab, post-trained from Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
By Accio Lab. 1 mention in creator videos.
Open-weights multimodal DeepSeek model in the V4 family, offered via API, chat and downloadable weights.
By DeepSeek. 10 mentions in creator videos.
Open model family (9B dense, 35B MoE, 397B MoE) trained with a self-improvement loop for reasoning, coding and agentic tasks.
Compact 1.7B open-weights text LLM for on-device use, with adjustable thinking levels and English/Chinese support.
Frequently asked
- Is Inkling Small available in the EU?
- Inkling Small is available in the EU. Weights are downloadable under Apache-2.0 with no EU exclusion in the license, and the vendor's terms include GDPR EU SCCs in its DPA. The vendor is US-based and data may be processed in the US.
- What is the best alternative to Inkling Small in the EU?
- Inkling 2 Small by Thinking Machines is the closest match we track that EU users can use (available in the eu). Open-weights multimodal MoE model (594B total, 17B active) from Thinking Machines, available via Tinker.
- How are these alternatives chosen?
- We compare tools by meaning (embeddings of their descriptions), keep those in the same category, and show only tools whose EU status is available or limited. Closest match first.
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