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Kimi K2.5 pricing

API list price by Moonshot AI · checked Oct 23, 2026
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$0.60 / $3per 1M tokens in / out
$0.10cache read · −83%
#130on OpenRouter by tokens · 33.2B / week

Price sheetper 1M tokens

Input$0.60list
Output$3
Cache read$0.10−83% vs input
Context · max output256K · 262Ktokens

Where to buy10 providers · per 1M tokens

ProviderInputOutputContext
Azure AI Foundry$0.11$3.30—
DeepInfra$0.45$2.25—
AtlasCloud$0.49$2.50262K
SiliconFlow$0.50$2.50262K
lab-qwen$0.57$3.01—
Amazon Bedrock$0.60$3262K
AWS Bedrock$0.60$3—
moonshotai$0.60$3—
Novita$0.60$3—
Featherless$0.80$3.40—

In Moonshot AI's line-upper 1M in / out

Kimi K2.5$0.60 / $3this model
Kimi K2.7 Code$0.95 / $4+43%
Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed$1.90 / $82.9×
Kimi K3.1 Pro$2 / $103.3×
Kimi K3$3 / $155×
Kimi K3.1 Pro Highspeed$4 / $206.7×
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Cheaper for the same workvs Kimi K2.5

MiMo v2.6 Pro thinkingOpen-55%score +97%$0.13
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 maxOpen-56%score +92%$0.26
Claude Haiku 5.5 max-83%score +85%$0.21
MiniMax M3.1 Flash thinking-78%score +82%$0.22
GLM 5.3 Flash maxOpen-80%score +78%$0.28

Pricing questions

How much does Kimi K2.5 cost?›

$0.60 per 1M input tokens and $3 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.10.

Is Kimi K2.5 free to use?›

There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.

How much does prompt caching save?›

Cache reads cost $0.10 per 1M, 83% below the input price.

Is Kimi K2.5 cheaper than Kimi K2 0905?›

No: $0.60 / $3 against $0.40 / $2, 50% more per token.

What is a cheaper alternative to Kimi K2.5?›

MiMo v2.6 Pro at thinking effort costs -55% per task with a score +97% on Humanity's Last Exam.