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Kimi K2.5 Pricing

Balanced

Moonshot AI · 262K tokens context

Kimi K2.5 from Moonshot AI costs $0.375 per 1 million input tokens and $2.02 per 1 million output tokens as of July 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 262,144-token context window (approximately 196,608 words) with a 16K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0004 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0037.

Kimi K2.5 pricing and capability summary
Input price$0.375 / 1M tokens
Output price$2.02 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio5.4×
Context window262,144 tokens (~196,608 words)
Maximum output16,000 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)$0.0004
TierBalanced
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Kimi K2.5 is Moonshot AI's native multimodal model, delivering state-of-the-art visual coding capability and a self-directed agent swarm paradigm.

Live pricing from OpenRouter

Input Price

$0.375

per 1 million tokens

Output Price

$2.02

per 1 million tokens

Context Window

262K tokens

max 16K output

Cost Examples

Request TypeTokensInput CostOutput Cost
1,000 word article1,333$0.0005$0.00081
10-page document (2,500 words)3,333$0.00125$0.00202
1,000 lines of code5,000$0.00187$0.00304
100K token document100,000$0.0375$0.0608

Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.

Strengths

  • Affordable at $0.38/1M input tokens
  • Large 262K-token context window
  • Multimodal: understands images as well as text

Limitations

  • Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider
  • Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider

Best Use Cases

Customer-facing AI apps
Code generation and review
Content creation at scale
Conversational interfaces

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