Kimi K3

Name: Kimi K3
Brand: moonshot
SKU: moonshot/kimi-k3
Price: 3 USD
Availability: InStock

moonshot/kimi-k3

text, image, video in · text out · 1,048,576 context · 1,048,576 max output

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Effective cost per 1k requestsInput tokens 2,000Output tokens 500Cached share 50%

cost = p_in·(input − cached) + p_cache_read·cached + p_out·output + p_req; cached tokens are the prefix a sticky endpoint already holds (part2b §9.3), which is why the cheapest list price is not always the cheapest request.

Provider	Region · quant	Context / max out	Input / M	Output / M	Cache read / write	Markup	Per 1k req	Uptime 30 d	TTFT p50 / p95	Throughput	Last 24 h	Fidelity	Data	Capabilities	Status
Moonshot AI (Kimi)	sg · none	1,048,576 / 1,048,576	$3.000	$15.00	$0.300 / $3.000	pass-through	$10.800	—	—	—	no traffic	—	365 d	model default	active
OpenRouter	global · unknown	1,048,576 / 943,718	$0.704	$14.70	$0.231 / —	+5.0%	$8.285	—	—	—	no traffic	—	no-train 30 d	14 differ	active

Quick start

curl https://api.ai.ml/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIML_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"moonshot/kimi-k3","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Say hello"}]}'

Get a key in the console

Changelog

new_model endpoint ep_openrouter_kimi-k3_global (moonshotai/kimi-k3) added as active; price input 0.704 output 14.700 USD/M 10/5/2026