Kimi K3 pricing & price history
Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $1.40 input / $10.50 output.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-09-24. We check hourly.
Providers serving Kimi K3 (20)
| Provider | Input | Output | Context | Uptime 30m | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InferenceNet fp4 | $1.40 | $10.75 | 1M | 99.4% | 98.7% |
| Sail Research fp4 | $1.50 | $11.50 | 1M | 100.0% | 99.7% |
| Wafer | $1.99 | $14.50 | 1M | 99.9% | 99.8% |
| Relace fp4 | $2.10 | $10.50 | 1M | 99.6% | 98.7% |
| Phala | $2.10 | $10.50 | 1M | — | 99.3% |
| Morph | $2.50 | $14.00 | 1M | 100.0% | 93.0% |
| Makora | $2.55 | $12.75 | 1M | 100.0% | 98.5% |
| DigitalOcean | $2.55 | $12.95 | 1M | 97.4% | 99.8% |
| DeepInfra bf16 | $2.85 | $14.25 | 1M | 80.3% | 95.3% |
| Chutes mxfp4 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | 100.0% | 99.1% |
| Parasail fp4 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | 98.8% | 98.0% |
| Modal mxfp4 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | 99.8% | 99.5% |
| Together | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | 99.8% | 99.6% |
| Fireworks | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | — | 99.9% |
| BaseTen fp8 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | 99.4% | 99.0% |
| Moonshot AI mxfp4 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | 99.9% | 99.8% |
| Fireworks | $3.30 | $16.50 | 1M | 98.0% | 99.3% |
| Alibaba | $3.45 | $17.25 | 1M | 94.2% | 98.6% |
| Fireworks | $4.50 | $22.50 | 1M | — | 99.8% |
| Morph | $6.00 | $22.50 | 1M | — | — |
Provider availability updated 53m ago.
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About Kimi K3
Kimi K3 is a 2.8T parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Moonshot AI. It is suited for complex coding, knowledge work, and long-horizon agentic workflows, and is particularly strong at...
FAQ
How much does Kimi K3 cost?
Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $1.40 input / $10.50 output. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.0135.
What is the context window of Kimi K3?
Kimi K3 supports up to 1,048,576 tokens of context and up to 943,718 output tokens per request.
Has Kimi K3’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is Kimi K3 being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for Kimi K3 as of 2026-09-24.
What are cheaper alternatives to Kimi K3?
Cheaper options include GPT-6 Luna ($0.10/$0.50), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.14/$0.42), GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.15/$0.50), GPT-5.6 Luna ($0.20/$1.20).