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Kimi K2 Thinking API pricing.

Kimi K2 Thinking is MoonshotAI’s model on the API market, released 6 Nov 2025. Prices are per million tokens in USD, as last read from the price list.

$0.60Input / 1M
$2.50Output / 1M
262KContext
98KMax output
Capability scores
Epoch AI
Epoch Capabilities Index
146
Range 143 to 147 · #88 of 271 models Epoch has scored

The index combines many benchmarks into one general-capability score; the range is how sure Epoch is of the number. Each area score is this site's average of the model's Epoch results in that area, where 0 is what guessing would score and 100 is perfect. Compare every model, and value for money →

Source: Epoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (licensed CC BY 4.0). Data refreshed 2 November 2026. These are Epoch's own tests; other benchmark sites can rank models differently.

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Specification
USD per million tokens
Provider
MoonshotAI
Model id
moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking
Input
$0.60
Output
$2.50
Cached input
$0.15
Context window
262K tokens
Maximum output
98K tokens
Takes
text
Returns
text
Tool use
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Released
6 Nov 2025
First tracked
17 Sept 2026

At $0.60 per million input tokens, Kimi K2 Thinking is dearer than 195 of the 340 models on the price list.

Price changes
Tracked since 17 Sept 2026

No price change has been recorded since tracking began on 17 Sept 2026. Prices are checked every six hours, and any change is listed here and on model changes.

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Prices and specifications come from OpenRouter’s catalogue, last read 2 Nov 2026. A provider’s own price may differ; how this is collected.