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Kimi K3 pricing

Complete Kimi K3 API cost reference: $3/M input, $15/M output, 1.0M token context window, $0.30/M cached reads. Verified against official sources.

Prices verified August 20, 2026
Kimi K3
Moonshot / Kimi · official pricing ↗
Input / M
$3
Output / M
$15
Cache read
$0.30
Context
1.0M
Batch
Vision
Yes
Reasoning
Yes

What Kimi K3 costs in practice

WorkloadCost / callCost @ 1K req/day
Light · 1K in / 300 out$0.0120$365.25/mo
Standard · 10K in / 2K out$0.0900$2739.38/mo
Heavy · 100K in / 20K out$0.9000$27393.75/mo

Estimates assume medium reasoning effort, no batch discounts and no prompt caching. Turn on prompt caching and the input side typically drops 50–90% — run your own mix in the free calculator preloaded with Kimi K3.

How Kimi K3 compares

About this page

Prices were last verified on August 20, 2026 against Moonshot / Kimi's official pricing page. Providers reprice frequently — see our methodology for exactly how estimates are computed, and always confirm final rates with the provider before budgeting.

Kimi K3 FAQ

How much does Kimi K3 cost?

Kimi K3 charges $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, with cached input reads at $0.30/M.

What is the context window of Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 supports a context window of 1,048,576 tokens (1.0M) — roughly 786,432 English words or about 1,573 pages of text in a single request.

Does Kimi K3 support images, audio or reasoning?

Kimi K3 offers vision & image understanding, hidden reasoning tokens. Moonshot flagship reasoning model with 1M context.

How do I estimate my Kimi K3 bill?

A typical workload of 10K input and 2K output tokens costs about $0.0900 per call with Kimi K3. At 1,000 requests per day that is roughly $2739.38 per month. Use the free AITokenCalculator to run your exact numbers.