Kimi Pricing
Moonshot AI with exceptional long-form document processing and analysis.
Cost optimization across the full model lineup
Every model below is available at up to 70% lower cost than official pricing. Pay-as-you-go, no credit card.
All Kimi Models
Kimi K2.6Kimi K2.5Kimi Pricing Guide
How Kimi pricing scales
Input pricing varies 38% across the lineup ($0.56 → $0.90/1M). At 1M requests/month with ~1K input tokens, the cheapest variant costs roughly $0.56 while the flagship runs $0.90 — a 38% gap that compounds fast at scale. Output-token pricing follows the same tiering, so long-form generation amplifies the difference.
Which variant to pick
Kimi offers 2 active variants at $0.56–$0.90/1M input. The spread lets you match cost to task complexity: light variants for high-volume classification, mid-tier for general chat, and the flagship for demanding generation.
Kimi notes
Kimi sits in the General Purpose category. Moonshot AI with exceptional long-form document processing and analysis. The 128K maximum context window (on Kimi K2.6) is the largest in this lineup — suitable for most multi-document workloads.
Cost in practice
Real-world fit: Kimi variants are deployed for customer-support chat, content drafting, and classification at scale. The budget tier absorbs high-volume routine traffic; the flagship handles nuanced long-form generation.