Moonshot AI (Kimi)
Moonshot AI's Kimi API platform serving its open-weight Kimi K3 and Kimi K2.x models.
Going direct suits teams standardised on Kimi models, though it brings no price advantage: Kimi K3 is $3.00 / $15.00 here, the same as Fireworks AI and Nebius and more than Together AI ($2.70 / $13.50) or DeepInfra ($2.85 / $14.25). Kimi K2.6 is the cheaper option at $0.95 / $4.00 with a 262K context. Licensing is the main catch, as the custom Kimi K3 licence restricts commercial use above $20M annual revenue, and there is no EU residency or GDPR DPA.
- Headquarters
- 馃嚚馃嚦 China
- Parent jurisdiction
- 馃嚚馃嚦 China
- EU self-serve plan
- No / not documented
- GDPR DPA
- No / not documented
- Billing
- payg
- Open source
- No
- Website
- www.moonshot.ai
- Source last checked
- 2026-10-06
- Pricing evidence
- Published rates
Pricing
Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply. How to read these estimates.
| Model | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | Cached / 1M tokens | Context | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K3 | $3 | $15 | $0.3 | 1048k | frontieropen weights |
| Kimi K2.6 | $0.95 | $4 | $0.16 | 262k | midopen weights |
Kimi K3 weights are published under a custom "Kimi K3 License" that restricts commercial use above $20M annual revenue; Kimi K2.6 uses a modified MIT license. A faster kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed variant costs 2x kimi-k2.7-code ($0.95 / $4.00).
Managed alternatives
At 500M input tokens / month, 50M output tokens / month. Adjust usage and requirements.
Moonshot AI (Kimi) 路 Kimi K2.6: $8,100/yr estimated.
- DeepInfra 路 gpt-oss-120b: $324/yr estimated 路 $7,776/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Nebius Token Factory 路 DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731: $1,008/yr estimated 路 $7,092/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Fireworks AI 路 gpt-oss-120b: $1,260/yr estimated 路 $6,840/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Groq 路 gpt-oss-120b: $1,260/yr estimated 路 $6,840/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Together AI 路 gpt-oss-120b: $1,260/yr estimated 路 $6,840/yr bill differencePublished rates
No cheaper managed estimate matches your filters. Adjust your usage or compare with your actual contract bill.
The price difference leaves out migration costs, operating costs and any features you鈥檇 need to replace. We compare the selected model or the cheapest listed model in the chosen capability tier. Sharing a tier does not mean equal quality.
Self-hosted options
Operating cost is not estimated. These options are not counted as savings against managed services.
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