Moonshot AI › Kimi K2.6 › Pricing
$0.95 / $4per 1M tokens in / out
$0.16cache read · −83%
$0.71per task at thinking?
#85on OpenRouter by tokens · 120.6B / week
Price sheetper 1M tokens
| Input | $0.95 | list |
| Output | $4 | |
| Cache read | $0.16 | −83% vs input |
| Context · max output | 256K · 236K | tokens |
Where to buy17 providers · per 1M tokens
| Provider | Input | Output | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chutes | $0.45 | $1.95 | 262K |
| DigitalOcean | $0.57 | $2.40 | 262K |
| Inceptron | $0.63 | $3.50 | 262K |
| CoreWeave | $0.65 | $3.41 | 262K |
| DeepInfra | $0.75 | $3.50 | 262K |
| Parasail | $0.75 | $3.50 | 262K |
| Venice | $0.75 | $3.50 | 256K |
| SiliconFlow | $0.77 | $3.40 | 262K |
| Novita | $0.80 | $3.40 | 262K |
| lab-qwen | $0.89 | $3.71 | — |
| AtlasCloud | $0.95 | $4 | 262K |
| Cloudflare | $0.95 | $4 | 262K |
| lab-moonshotai | $0.95 | $4 | — |
| Moonshot AIlab | $0.95 | $4 | 262K |
| moonshotai | $0.95 | $4 | — |
| Azure AI Foundry | $1.05 | $4.40 | — |
| Phala | $1.09 | $4.60 | 262K |
In Moonshot AI's line-upper 1M in / out
| Kimi K2.6 | $0.95 / $4 | this model |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | $0.95 / $4 | 0% |
| Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed | $1.90 / $8 | 2× |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | $2 / $10 | 2.3× |
| Kimi K3 | $3 / $15 | 3.5× |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro Highspeed | $4 / $20 | 4.7× |
Cheaper for the same workvs Kimi K2.6
| GPT-6.1 Sol xhigh | -44% | score +89% | $0.39 |
| GPT-6.1 Terra max | -43% | score +78% | $0.40 |
| MiMo v2.6 Pro thinkingOpen | -81% | score +72% | $0.13 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 maxOpen | -63% | score +67% | $0.26 |
| GPT-6 Sol xhigh | -26% | score +64% | $0.52 |
Pricing questions
How much does Kimi K2.6 cost?›
$0.95 per 1M input tokens and $4 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.16. One Intelligence Index task costs about $0.71 at the default effort.
Is Kimi K2.6 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 $0.16 per 1M, 83% below the input price.
Is Kimi K2.6 cheaper than Kimi K2.5?›
No: $0.95 / $4 against $0.60 / $3, 43% more per token.
What is a cheaper alternative to Kimi K2.6?›
GPT-6.1 Sol at xhigh effort costs -44% per task with a score +89% on Humanity's Last Exam.