Moonshot AI (Kimi)

Kimi K2 Thinking

The original Kimi K2 Thinking model, an open-weight reasoning MoE, available via inference gateways.

ActiveAvailable from 6 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
$0.6 in / $2.5 out
Context window262,144
Max output32,768
Batch discount-50%
ModalitiesText → Text
Priced across6 providers

Pricing

Every billing leg from the live catalog, in USD per 1M tokens.

Billing legRateBatch
Input$0.6 / M$0.3 / M
Output$2.5 / M$1.25 / M

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Billing-grade math over the rate card above, including the thinking tokens most estimates miss.

Hidden reasoning tokens bill as output. 1.0x = thinking off. Medium-effort reasoning typically lands near 3x; heavy reasoning runs 6x to 8x. Set it to match your workload.

Estimated monthly cost
$270
at current list prices
Fresh input$120
Output incl. thinking$150
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Compare providers

The same model, priced across every platform that serves it. Lowest combined in/out rate is flagged.

PlatformInput / MOutput / MCache read / MBatchAccess
AWS BedrockLowest
$0.6$2.5—✓Direct
Azure AI Foundry
$0.6$2.5——Direct
Google
$0.6$2.5——via OpenRouter
Novita
$0.6$2.5$0.15—via OpenRouter
AWS Bedrock · Regional
from$0.6$2.5—✓Direct
Azure AI Foundry · Data zone
$0.66$2.75——Direct

Regional deployments are priced per region; the lowest available region rate is shown.

Price history

Has this model gotten cheaper or more expensive?

EffectiveInput / OutputStatus
July 6, 2026 – July 8, 2026$0.6 / $2.5past
July 8, 2026$0.6 / $2.5current

More from Moonshot AI (Kimi)

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Kimi K2.7 Code
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$0.72 / $3.5 in / out per 1M
Kimi K2.6
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$1.2 / $4.5 in / out per 1M
Kimi K2.5
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$0.375 / $2.03 in / out per 1M
Kimi K2
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$0.57 / $2.3 in / out per 1M

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