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Kimi K3

Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI (Kimi) costs $3 per 1M input tokens and $15 output. It is available outside China via an official international API and OpenRouter. Last checked 2026-10-27.

Moonshot AI (Kimi) · other · 2779.9B

$3 in · $15 out

USD per 1M tokens · Last updated · Pricing source · official

Official cache-miss input $3 and output $15 per 1M tokens. Cache hit $0.30. Cache writes are $3 (TTL 5m) and $6 (TTL 1h). openrouter_from is the previous lowest OpenRouter input ($0.179/$20), not the list price.

How to use it from outside China

  1. Call the official international API. https://api.moonshot.ai
  2. Send requests through OpenRouter. https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3
  3. Weights are public. Download them from Hugging Face. https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3
  4. Confirm the price on the source before you rely on it. Checked 2026-10-27. Pricing source

Usable outside China?

Official international API: https://api.moonshot.ai

OpenRouter: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3

Questions

Can I use Kimi K3 from outside China?

Official international API: https://api.moonshot.ai. OpenRouter: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3.

How much does Kimi K3 cost per 1M tokens?

$3 input and $15 output per 1M tokens. official. Checked 2026-10-27.

Is the Kimi K3 API OpenAI-compatible?

Unknown — not on the record yet

Are Kimi K3 weights open, and under which license?

Yes. License: other.

Sources

https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/pricing/chat

Weights: https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3

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