Moonshot AI Models API Cost Calculator & Comparison

Every Moonshot AI model, side by side — current API rates, context window, benchmarks, and a live calculator that ranks them at your exact workload. 4 active models, 4 with public pricing. Prices refreshed daily.

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Cheapest input

$0.00/1M

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Pricing at a glance

Blended $/1M tokens across the lineup.

Blended price uses a 3-to-1 input/output ratio. Green bar = cheapest.

Quick picks

Best Moonshot AI model for your use case.

As of April 2026, Moonshot AI offers 4 active models via API, ranging from $0/1M to $0.60/1M input tokens. The most context-rich model handles up to 262K tokens. Models support vision, deep reasoning, tool use. All prices are USD per 1 million tokens.

Lowest cost

Kimi K2.6

$0/1M input

Largest context

Kimi K2.5

262K tokens

Deep reasoning

Kimi K2 Thinking

Reasoning mode

Tool use / agents

Kimi K2 0905

Function calling

Quality vs price

Moonshot AI benchmarks at a glance.

Each point is one model — X is blended $/1M tokens, Y is the average of available quality benchmarks. Larger bubbles mean larger context windows.

Per-model benchmark scores

ModelAvgScores
Kimi K2.680.2
SWE-Bench Verified80.2
Kimi K2 090559.6
HumanEval94.5FrontierMath Tier-40.0%GPQA Diamond84.2
Kimi K2.548.0
SWE-Bench Verified76.8AA Intelligence Index47GPQA Diamond87.6FrontierMath Tier-44.2Humanity's Last Exam24.4
Kimi K2 Thinking41.7
AA Intelligence Index41FrontierMath Tier-40.0%GPQA Diamond84.2

Open weights

Open Models from Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI ships 4 open-source or open-weights models you can self-host or fine-tune. Each links to its Hugging Face card.

Every model

Every Moonshot AI model — pricing, context & capabilities.

ModelContextInput /1MOutput /1M
Kimi K2.6262K$0.0$0.0
Kimi K2.5262K$0.44$2.00
Kimi K2 Thinking262K$0.6$2.50
Kimi K2 0905262K$0.4$2.00

FAQ

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Pricing patterns, best-known use cases, and how this provider stacks up.

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Moonshot AI API pricing ranges from $0 to $0.60 per 1M input tokens. Output tokens cost more than input on every model. Prices are per 1 million tokens (1M ≈ 750,000 words). Use the calculator above to estimate your monthly spend at your actual workload.
Kimi K2.6 is the lowest-priced Moonshot AI model with public pricing at $0/1M input tokens. It suits high-volume tasks where cost matters most — classification, extraction, summarization, and similar workloads that don't need frontier reasoning.
Kimi K2 Thinking is Moonshot AI's highest-tier model at $0.60/1M input. It delivers the most sophisticated reasoning, instruction-following, and nuance. For workloads that don't require frontier performance, a mid-tier model typically cuts inference costs substantially.
Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.5, Kimi K2 Thinking support deep reasoning mode, which improves performance on multi-step coding, debugging, and code review. For simpler autocomplete or snippet generation, a faster, cheaper model often delivers acceptable quality at a fraction of the cost.
Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.5, Kimi K2 Thinking and 1 more support function calling (tool use), required for agentic workflows. Agents need a model that reliably follows structured output schemas — test with your specific tool definitions before committing to production volumes.
Yes — Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.5 accept image input alongside text. You can pass screenshots, photos, charts, and documents for analysis. Vision adds no separate line-item on most Moonshot AI models — you're billed for the token equivalent of the image.
Yes — Moonshot AI supports prompt caching (discounts for repeated context) and batch processing (accept a delay, cut costs ~50%). These rates appear in the table above under "Cached /1M" and "Batch /1M." Caching pays off quickly if your prompts share a long system prompt or document prefix across many calls.
Moonshot AI has historically adjusted prices when launching new model generations, often cutting rates to stay competitive. Buzzi.ai snapshots pricing daily — you can subscribe to price-drop alerts on any Moonshot AI model using the "Alert me" button on its detail page.
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Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.5, Kimi K2 Thinking offer an extended thinking or reasoning mode. The model spends extra compute "thinking" before answering — slower and more expensive, but meaningfully better on complex, multi-step problems. Standard mode is faster and cheaper for routine tasks.

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