Kimi K3 Pricing
BalancedMoonshot AI · 1M tokens context
Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI costs $3.00 per 1 million input tokens and $15.00 per 1 million output tokens as of July 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 1,048,576-token context window (approximately 786,432 words) with a 16K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0030 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0300.
| Input price | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Output price | $15.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output / input ratio | 5.0× |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens (~786,432 words) |
| Maximum output | 16,000 tokens |
| Cost per 1K tokens (input) | $0.0030 |
| Tier | Balanced |
| Last verified |
Kimi K3 is an ultra-large-scale, open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Moonshot AI.
Input Price
$3.00
per 1 million tokens
Output Price
$15.00
per 1 million tokens
Context Window
1M tokens
max 16K output
Cost Examples
| Request Type | Tokens | Input Cost | Output Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 word article | 1,333 | $0.004 | $0.006 |
| 10-page document (2,500 words) | 3,333 | $0.01 | $0.015 |
| 1,000 lines of code | 5,000 | $0.015 | $0.0225 |
| 100K token document | 100,000 | $0.30 | $0.45 |
Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.
Strengths
- ✓Massive 1M-token context window
- ✓Multimodal: understands images as well as text
- ✓Strong general-purpose performance
Limitations
- –Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider
- –Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider
Best Use Cases
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