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Kimi K2.6 API pricing on Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI's last published API prices for Kimi K2.6, which is deprecated (see the notice below), with dated evidence. Check the official source for current availability and account eligibility.

Headline USD token rates per 1M; other currencies and units remain native. Original rates are below. Unknown means no unambiguous headline; inspect all rates and conditions below.
API listingInputCache readOutputCapability (Epoch AI)
Kimi K2.6 · deprecatedUSD 0.95 / 1M tokensTier unspecifiedUSD 0.16 / 1M tokensTier unspecifiedUSD 4.00 / 1M tokensTier unspecifiedNo independent capability score

Rates, billing conditions and sources

Kimi K2.6

Service ID: kimi-k2.6 · Context window: 262K tokens · Listing status: deprecated

Deprecated by provider · still listed · price checked 2026-11-03 (deprecation notice ↗)

All rates, conditions and sources

Input: USD 0.95 / 1M tokens · Modality: unspecified

Region: international · Endpoint scope: international · Tier: Unknown · Billing: Unknown · Prompt bracket: none stated · Cache TTL: Unknown seconds · Valid through: Unknown

  • Kimi international platform direct API (USD per 1M tokens); China-mainland pricing is out of scope.
  • Standard (real-time) API pricing; excludes Batch API inference.
  • Prices exclude applicable taxes; tax is calculated at checkout by jurisdiction.
  • Input price on cache miss.

Cache read: USD 0.16 / 1M tokens · Modality: unspecified

Region: international · Endpoint scope: international · Tier: Unknown · Billing: Unknown · Prompt bracket: none stated · Cache TTL: Unknown seconds · Valid through: Unknown

  • Kimi international platform direct API (USD per 1M tokens); China-mainland pricing is out of scope.
  • Standard (real-time) API pricing; excludes Batch API inference.
  • Prices exclude applicable taxes; tax is calculated at checkout by jurisdiction.
  • Input that hits the context cache is billed at this price.

Output: USD 4.00 / 1M tokens · Modality: unspecified

Region: international · Endpoint scope: international · Tier: Unknown · Billing: Unknown · Prompt bracket: none stated · Cache TTL: Unknown seconds · Valid through: Unknown

  • Kimi international platform direct API (USD per 1M tokens); China-mainland pricing is out of scope.
  • Standard (real-time) API pricing; excludes Batch API inference.
  • Prices exclude applicable taxes; tax is calculated at checkout by jurisdiction.

Developer: Unknown / not verified · API seller: Moonshot AI

Checkpoint: Unknown / not verified · Lineage: Unknown / not verified

Official pricing ↗ Weight-license evidence ↗

Price observed: 2026-11-03T04:26:18.056Z · Price source checked: 2026-11-03T04:26:18.056Z · Price freshness: fresh

Weight-license reviewed: Unknown. Open weights do not establish permission for every commercial use; consult the linked terms.

Gating: unknown · Code license: Unknown / not verified · API availability: available (dated observation, not a live service check)

Source, conditions and dates

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: identity · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: availability · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: specifications · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: Unknown · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: Unknown · Freshness: unknown · Confidence: A

  • International direct-API rate; reasoning and preserved historical reasoning consume billed tokens.

Primary source ↗ · huggingface-model-card · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: weightAccess · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: download · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: weightLicense · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: Unknown · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: Unknown · Freshness: unknown · Confidence: Unknown

  • The creator publishes the model weights under the Modified MIT license.
  • Open weights are downloadable under the model license; this is not a claim of unrestricted open-source licensing or that the model fits consumer hardware.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-09-26T01:43:21.824Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: Unknown · Freshness: unknown · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: fc5aeeff9664371c5391ace28f8594a86250e0f363a74b250e783adb4e3c88bc; collector kimi-international-1.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-09-27T00:43:17.997Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: Unknown · Freshness: unknown · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: fc5aeeff9664371c5391ace28f8594a86250e0f363a74b250e783adb4e3c88bc; collector kimi-international-2.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-07T04:39:10.613Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: Unknown · Freshness: unknown · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: 27a3d7395175e11aff6a9d76dc83b077a6cc126ad08c58404248bbcff47cfc31; collector kimi-international-2.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-18T04:34:30.318Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: 2026-10-28T04:34:30.318Z · Freshness: stale · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: 76361351b3e3f3184cbd89f262f4bd8ed212b4d481dd0d527f34221a35a4d079; collector kimi-international-2.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-26T03:12:15.975Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: 2026-11-05T03:12:15.975Z · Freshness: stale · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: 2614df16d539e8657e92856ed95153fd53bbfc3facb3ab50da6d563fd869c69b; collector kimi-international-3.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: availability · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-26T00:25:16Z · Reviewed: 2026-10-26T06:29:40Z · Review after: 2027-01-01T00:00:00Z · Freshness: unknown · Confidence: A

  • Kimi pricing page, K2 Series Models section, notice: "Dear Kimi Users, starting October 31, 2026, K2 series models will no longer be available to newly registered users; existing users are not affected. We plan to retire all K2 series models by the end of December 2026, please prepare your migration in advance."
  • The page lists kimi-k2.6 in its K2 series table, directly below the notice, which covers all K2 series models.
  • The notice gives no exact retirement date, only the plan to retire all K2 series models "by the end of December 2026". reviewAfter is the end of that month, a re-review date, not a retirement date.
  • "prepare your migration" links to the Kimi K3.1 Pro guide (/guide/kimi-k3-1-pro-quickstart). The notice names no replacement model ID, and K3.1 Pro has no curated offer.
  • Pricing page HTML (https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/pricing/chat; the compiled page source in its server-rendered data) raw SHA-256 2614df16d539e8657e92856ed95153fd53bbfc3facb3ab50da6d563fd869c69b (retrieved 2026-10-26T00:25:16Z). The daily archive collected 2026-10-26T03:12:15.975Z has the same SHA-256.
  • Availability stays available: existing users are not affected, and the Kimi pricing page still listed the model when this was reviewed (2026-10-26), so no retirement is recorded before it happens. From October 31, 2026 Kimi no longer offers it to newly registered users. Later pricing-page listings are shown by the price dates on this offer.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-27T01:25:10.360Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: 2026-11-06T01:25:10.360Z · Freshness: stale · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: 51a5188a2a5d906ae4481c2dbe30ef418ab8fb2369226981e3262c168a295adc; collector kimi-international-3.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions; a newly onboarded offer asserts pricing only.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-28T04:29:14.315Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: 2026-11-07T04:29:14.315Z · Freshness: stale · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: 9b83e2d7cb5da7d7d8b8a2132508bce4ca18dc0e1f28298cad08f74dd91dd5db; collector kimi-international-3.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions; a newly onboarded offer asserts pricing only.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-29T11:01:29.618Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: 2026-11-08T11:01:29.618Z · Freshness: stale · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: e7fb50bd172de8de6f13265ca405bb625a347a3813c0977a989a588b4d45ec1c; collector kimi-international-3.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions; a newly onboarded offer asserts pricing only.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30T04:29:23.322Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: 2026-11-09T04:29:23.322Z · Freshness: stale · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: c62210a0a602f2998d45927baa1c5662dd6c18ea88f6291b90242fe83f3ef026; collector kimi-international-3.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions; a newly onboarded offer asserts pricing only.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-11-01T04:25:59.305Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: 2026-11-11T04:25:59.305Z · Freshness: stale · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: 0f646b1b4e5248ca7a1bd46dba6649511bb8ab6e73ecac15e4e8872177dd9252; collector kimi-international-3.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions; a newly onboarded offer asserts pricing only.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-11-02T04:27:35.889Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: 2026-11-12T04:27:35.889Z · Freshness: stale · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: 2f652ac1d0d2c3bed7bacb5a9b2d2f245a03bc9f60e5b56e66c31808c199bf34; collector kimi-international-3.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions; a newly onboarded offer asserts pricing only.

Primary source ↗ · vendor-docs · Claims: moonshot-kimi-k3-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k3-1-pro-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-7-code-highspeed-international: pricing · moonshot-kimi-k2-6-international: pricing · Retrieved · Effective: Unknown · Checked: 2026-11-03T04:26:18.056Z · Reviewed: Unknown · Review after: 2026-11-13T04:26:18.056Z · Freshness: fresh · Confidence: A

  • Raw SHA-256: 41dd7d84989c8fa816292c883a7dab814d21ddbe114cffd5f3c101abc30d79de; collector kimi-international-3.
  • Pricing observation only; no new access, availability, context, reasoning-billing or release metadata assertions; a newly onboarded offer asserts pricing only.
About capability scores (Epoch AI)

Capability scores: Epoch AI, 'Capabilities & benchmarking'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks' [online resource], epoch.ai/benchmarks. Accessed 2026-10-31. Licensed CC BY 4.0; values here are rounded to one decimal place and grouped into bands.

The Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) combines many benchmarks on a scale where Claude 3.5 Sonnet is 130 and GPT-5 is 150. Bands, on the displayed one-decimal score: Frontier 160+, Strong 150–159.9, Capable 140–149.9, Entry below 140. Each score has a 90% range; a range that crosses a band boundary is flagged. Models are not ranked: neighbouring scores often overlap.

A benchmark is not your workload. Epoch's scores mostly reflect runs at the highest reasoning effort, which use more output tokens than default settings. Scores are dated and can shift between Epoch releases. A score belongs to the developer's model; a host listing shows the same model's score, but hosts may serve different versions or quantizations.

How headline rates are chosen

Headline rates use the directory's shared rule: the rate a buyer meets by default, chosen by billing, tier and context dimensions and never by price. Context caps, the bracket starting at zero and short-context variants are labeled; unverified availability is flagged and is not a service guarantee. Batch, off-peak and other variants remain in the details; ambiguous headlines stay unknown.

No currency conversion is performed. Missing cache prices are unknown, not zero. Equal units do not establish equivalent models or service conditions. See the methodology and source register.