Moonshot AI (Kimi)
Moonshot AI (Kimi)Kimi K2
The original Kimi K2 open-weight MoE (non-thinking), the model that launched the K2 family.
ActiveReleased July 11, 2025Available from 2 providers
Tool callingCan invoke external tools and APIs (function calling) mid-response.Structured outputCan return JSON or schema-constrained responses instead of free text.ReasoningUses extended thinking / chain-of-thought for harder multi-step problems.Effort controlLets you dial thinking depth (low / medium / high) to trade cost for quality.Fine-tuningSupports training a custom variant on your own data.
Source: Moonshot AI pricing, Kimi models
Price per 1M tokens via Novita (OpenRouter)
$0.57 in / $2.3 out
Context window262,144
Max output16,384
ModalitiesText → Text
Priced across2 providers
Pricing
Every billing leg from the live catalog, in USD per 1M tokens.
| Billing leg | Rate |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.57 / M |
| Output | $2.3 / M |
Cost calculator
Billing-grade math over the rate card above, including the thinking tokens most estimates miss.
Estimated monthly cost
$160
at current list prices
Fresh input$114
Output$46.00
Compare providers
The same model, priced across every platform that serves it. Lowest combined in/out rate is flagged.
| Platform | Input / M | Output / M | Cache read / M | Batch | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NovitaLowest | $0.57 | $2.3 | — | — | via OpenRouter |
Groq | $1 | $3 | $0.5 | — | via OpenRouter |
Price history
Has this model gotten cheaper or more expensive?
No changePriced at $0.57 / $2.3 per 1M since July 10, 2026.
More from Moonshot AI (Kimi)
Other models from the same provider.
Stop estimating. Track it.
SuperPenguin meters every Kimi K2 call your team makes, prices it with this exact rate card, and shows spend by feature, customer, and team.
Rates are generated from SuperPenguin's live pricing catalog.