Moonshot AI (Kimi)

Kimi K3

Moonshot's July 2026 frontier Kimi K3: a 2.8T-parameter MoE with native vision, a 1M-token context window, and always-on max reasoning.

ActiveReleased July 16, 2026Available from 15 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 (vendor fine-tune API or self-hosted open weights).

Source: Moonshot AI pricing, Kimi models, Field resolution verification, Field resolution verification

Price per 1M tokens via Baseten (OpenRouter)
$3 in / $15 out
Context window1,048,576
Max output1,048,576
Cache read$0.3 / M
ModalitiesText, Image → Text
Priced across15 providers

Pricing

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

Billing legRate
Input$3 / M
Output$15 / M
Cache read$0.3 / M

Cost calculator

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
$1.5K
at current list prices
Fresh input$600
Cached input$0.00
Output incl. thinking$900
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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
MakoraLowest
$2.55$12.75$0.256-via OpenRouter
Sail-research
$2.6$13$0.29-via OpenRouter
Wafer
$3$12.75$0.3-via OpenRouter
Morph
$2.5$14$0.29-via OpenRouter
DeepInfra
$2.85$14.25$0.285-via OpenRouter
DigitalOcean
$2.85$14.25$0.285-via OpenRouter
Baseten
$3$15$0.3-via OpenRouter
Chutes
$3$15$0.3-via OpenRouter
Fireworks AI
$3$15$0.3-via OpenRouter
Modal
$3$15$0.3-via OpenRouter
Moonshot AI
$3$15$0.3-via OpenRouter
Parasail
$3$15$0.3-via OpenRouter
Phala
$3$15$0.3-via OpenRouter
Together AI
$3$15$0.3-via OpenRouter
Alibaba
$3.45$17.25$0.345-via OpenRouter

Price history

Has this model gotten cheaper or more expensive?

EffectiveInput / OutputStatus
August 3, 2026 – August 5, 2026$3 / $15past
August 5, 2026$3 / $15current

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