Kimi K3: price, context, what it takes
Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI, as OpenRouter's public list names it: moonshotai/kimi-k3. Read 2026-11-06.
Prices are OpenRouter's, in US dollars. For most models that is the vendor's own list price; a vendor selling direct can differ.
- Input, per 1M tokens$0.192
- Output, per 1M tokens$16.00
- Cached input, per 1M tokens$0.182
- Context window1,048,576 tokens
- Longest answer943,718 tokens
- Takestext, images, video
- Givestext
- Acceptsreasoning, JSON schema, tools
- Released2026-07-16
- In the list since2026-10-28
- 2026-11-05 - 2026-11-06: input $0.192, output $16.00
- 2026-11-04 - 2026-11-04: input $0.200, output $16.00
- 2026-11-03 - 2026-11-03: input $0.276, output $9.60
- 2026-10-30 - 2026-11-03: input $0.192, output $15.00
- 2026-10-30 - 2026-10-30: input $0.200, output $15.00
- 2026-10-30 - 2026-10-30: input $0.192, output $15.00
- 2026-10-29 - 2026-10-29: input $0.239, output $10.80
- 2026-10-29 - 2026-10-29: input $0.192, output $15.00
- 2026-10-29 - 2026-10-29: input $0.192, output $20.00
- 2026-10-28 - 2026-10-28: input $0.201, output $20.00
- 2026-10-28 - 2026-10-28: input $0.189, output $20.00
| Model | Input, 1M | Output, 1M | Context | Accepts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2 0711 | $0.570 | $2.30 | 131K | tools |
| Kimi K2 0905 | $0.600 | $2.50 | 262K | JSON schema · tools |
| Kimi K2.5 | $0.500 | $2.50 | 262K | reasoning · JSON schema · tools |
| Kimi K2.6 | $0.650 | $3.41 | 262K | reasoning · JSON schema · tools |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | $0.600 | $3.50 | 262K | reasoning · JSON schema · tools |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | $0.600 | $2.50 | 262K | reasoning · JSON schema · tools |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.05M | reasoning · JSON schema · tools |
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