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Moonshot AI API pricing: every model compared
Moonshot AI offers 7 models through its API in our data, priced from $0.45 to $0.53 per million input tokens. The newest is Kimi K3, first listed on 2026-07-16.
- Models
- 7
- Cheapest input
- $0.45
- Priciest input
- $0.53
- Largest context
- 1,048,576
- With caching
- 4 of 7
- Open weights
- all
Cheapest
Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI$0.45 in · $2.25 outLine-up
Every Moonshot AI model and price
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K3 | $0.53 | $12 | 1,048,576 | 2026-07-16 |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | $0.6712 | $3.35 | 262,144 | 2026-06-12 |
| Kimi K2.6 | $0.465 | $2.45 | 262,144 | 2026-04-20 |
| Kimi K2.5 | $0.45 | $2.25 | 262,144 | 2026-01-27 |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | $0.60 | $2.50 | 262,144 | 2025-11-06 |
| Kimi K2 0905 | $0.60 | $2.50 | 262,144 | 2025-09-04 |
| Kimi K2 0711 | $0.57 | $2.30 | 131,072 | 2025-07-11 |
Prices in US dollars per 1M tokens, newest first. Release dates are when our source first listed the model.
Overview
Moonshot AI’s pricing at a glance
The spread between Moonshot AI’s cheapest and most expensive model is large: Kimi K3 costs 1× more per input token than Kimi K2.5. Picking the smallest model that does the job well is usually the biggest saving available, ahead of any discount.
4 of 7 of the line-up has a cached-input price, which helps chatbots and agents that resend the same instructions. 1 of 7 can run through a batch API at a discount, for work that can wait up to a day. 4 of 7 accept images as input.
FAQ
Moonshot AI API questions
How much does the Moonshot AI API cost?
Moonshot AI's 7 models range from $0.45 to $0.53 per million input tokens, and output costs more than input on almost every model. The exact bill depends on your token volumes, which you can estimate in the LLM cost calculator.
What is Moonshot AI's cheapest model?
By blended price (three parts input to one part output) it is Kimi K2.5, at $0.45 input and $2.25 output per million tokens. The most expensive is Kimi K3.
Which Moonshot AI model has the largest context window?
Kimi K3, with 1,048,576 tokens per request.
Does Moonshot AI offer prompt caching or batch discounts?
In our data, 4 of 7 of Moonshot AI's models have a published cached-input price and 1 of 7 have a published batch price. Both can cut costs substantially for repeated prompts or work that can wait.