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Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking by Moonshot AI (Kimi) costs $0.6 per 1M input tokens and $2.5 output. It is available outside China via OpenRouter. Last checked 2026-10-27.
Moonshot AI (Kimi) · other · 1026.4B
$0.6 in · $2.5 out
Retired on the official Kimi API on 2026-05-25 (kimi-k2-0711-preview, kimi-k2-0905-preview, and kimi-k2-thinking). No official price remains. OpenRouter fallback: lowest listed provider. Not an official price. See https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/models.
How to use it from outside China
- Send requests through OpenRouter. https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking
- Weights are public. Download them from Hugging Face. https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Thinking
- Confirm the price on the source before you rely on it. Checked 2026-10-27. Pricing source
Usable outside China?
No official international API listed.
OpenRouter: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking
Questions
Can I use Kimi K2 Thinking from outside China?
Official international API: Unknown — not on the record yet. OpenRouter: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking.
How much does Kimi K2 Thinking cost per 1M tokens?
$0.6 input and $2.5 output per 1M tokens. openrouter-fallback. Checked 2026-10-27.
Is the Kimi K2 Thinking API OpenAI-compatible?
Unknown — not on the record yet
Are Kimi K2 Thinking weights open, and under which license?
Yes. License: other.
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