Provider · verified 16 Oct 2026
Kimi 月之暗面
Kimi K3 is an open-weight model under the Kimi K3 License, which is not Apache-2.0. The API price and the weight licence are different questions. Output tokens on the official rate are expensive enough that a coding agent can erase the input discount.
Models on the latest OpenRouter snapshot
| Model | Input | Output | vs Opus |
|---|---|---|---|
moonshotai/kimi-k3 | $0.304 | $11.94 | 60% cheaper |
moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code | $0.671 | $3.35 | 83% cheaper |
moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | $0.650 | $3.41 | 83% cheaper |
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 | $0.500 | $2.50 | 88% cheaper |
moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking | $0.600 | $2.50 | 87% cheaper |
moonshotai/kimi-k2-0905 | $0.600 | $2.50 | 87% cheaper |
moonshotai/kimi-k2 | $0.570 | $2.30 | 87% cheaper |
Guides
- This week in Chinese AI: prices checked, two list prices that lie
- Chinese AI API prices, live, versus the latest Opus and Sol
- Call Chinese models without sending the prompt to the lab
- Use Chinese models in Claude Code: the base URLs we could verify
- Coding plans compared: GLM's credits, and the plans we would not price
- What a coding session costs: flash models, flagships, and the cache assumption
- Is it safe to use Chinese AI? A sourced risk matrix, not a slogan
- Is Kimi K3 open source? The weights are public. The licence is not Apache.
- Kimi K3: official price, OpenRouter's cheaper host, and how to call it
- Is Kimi better than Claude? A dated scorecard, not a winner
- OpenRouter versus direct: where the Chinese model is actually cheaper
- Paying for Chinese AI from abroad: what the docs show, and what they do not
- Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi: which Chinese model for which job