Kimi K3
openrouter The API that serves this model and sets the prices shown here. moonshotai/kimi-k3 The model identifier to send in API requests. LLM Generates text from a prompt, so it can be compared with other LLMs on price and capability.Provider: moonshot · served via OpenRouter
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Sticker prices & cost-per-token
List rates as published by OpenRouter, before any volume or enterprise discounts.
$2.80
$14.00
1,048,576 tokens
943,718
tokens per response (includes reasoning tokens)
$0.28
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| Effective | Price |
|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2026 – present | Input cost: $2.80 / 1M, Output cost: $14.00 / 1M, Cached input cost: $0.28 / 1M, Cache creation cost: $0.00 / 1M, 5-minute cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, 1-hour cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, Reasoning output cost: $0.00 / 1M, Cache storage cost: $0.00 / 1M/hr |
History
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| Date | Changed by | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2026 | Unknown | Initial record created |
Source
https://models.dev/api.json (models.dev provider 'openrouter', bulk import 2026-08-13)Comparable models
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Reliability
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Frequently asked questions
Kimi K3 (moonshot via OpenRouter) costs $2.80 per 1M input tokens and $14.00 per 1M output tokens, as last published by OpenRouter.
Kimi K3 has a context window of 1,048,576 tokens (the maximum combined input and output it can handle in a single request).
Kimi K3 can generate up to 943,718 tokens in a single response. Reasoning (thinking) tokens count toward this limit.
Kimi K3 accepts image, text, and video as input and produces text as output, as recorded in the Coolhand catalog.
No, Kimi K3 is currently active with no announced deprecation date.
Call GET https://coolhandlabs.com/api/v2/inference_apis?q[source_api_eq]=openrouter&q[model_eq]=moonshotai%2Fkimi-k3 — free, no API key required, and scoped to just this model since source_api and model together are unique. See https://coolhandlabs.com/docs for the full REST API reference.
Coolhand also tracks Kimi K2.5 Free, Kimi K2.5, Kimi K2.7 Code, Kimi K3, Kimi K2 0711, and Kimi K2 0905 from moonshot. Some may already be deprecated, so check each model's status alongside its current pricing.
| Model | Input cost | Output cost | Context window | Max output tokens | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2.5 Free via OpenCode | $0.00/1M $0.0000000000 | $0.00/1M $0.0000000000 | 262,144 | 262,144 |
Deprecated Aug 12, 2026
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| Kimi K2.5 via Azure | $0.60/1M $0.0000006000 | $3.00/1M $0.0000030000 | 262,144 | 262,144 | Active |
| Kimi K2.7 Code via OpenCode | $0.95/1M $0.0000009500 | $4.00/1M $0.0000040000 | 262,144 | 262,144 | Active |
| Kimi K3 via OpenCode | $3.00/1M $0.0000030000 | $15.00/1M $0.0000150000 | 1,048,576 | 131,072 | Active |
| Kimi K2 0711 via OpenRouter | $0.57/1M $0.0000005700 | $2.30/1M $0.0000023000 | 131,072 | 98,304 | Active |
| Kimi K2 0905 via OpenRouter | $0.60/1M $0.0000006000 | $2.50/1M $0.0000025000 | 262,144 | 98,304 | Active |
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