Kimi K2.6 pricing.

Prices checked

Kimi K2.6 costs $0.95 in and $4 out per million tokens from Moonshot AI; the cheapest price is $0.74 at Chutes, checked .

Moonshot AI's own price

Moonshot AI

$1.71/M tokens

$0.95 in · $4 out

94% above the typical price of the 392 text models we track.

Cheapest price

Chutes

$0.74/M tokens

$0.39 in · $1.80 out

57% less than Moonshot AI, and the provider says why.

tool callingreads imagesreasoningstructured outputopen weights262k contextreleased 20 Apr 2026

Every provider selling Kimi K2.6

  1. 1

    routing.run

    Runs it themselves

    $0.28 in · $1.10 out · 200k context here

    $0.48/M tokens
  2. 2

    NanoGPT

    Resells

    $0.39 in · $1.64 out

    $0.70/M tokens
  3. 3

    Chutes

    Runs it themselves

    $0.39 in · $1.80 out

    $0.74/M tokens
  4. 4

    Chutes

    Lower precision (int4)

    $0.39 in · $1.80 out

    $0.74/M tokens
  5. 5

    $0.47 in · $2.06 out

    $0.87/M tokens
  6. 6

    StreamLake

    Lower precision (fp8)

    $0.60 in · $2.52 out · 256k context here

    $1.08/M tokens
  7. 7

    Cortecs

    Resells

    $0.48 in · $2.98 out · 256k context here

    $1.10/M tokens
  8. 8

    $0.60 in · $3.05 out

    price from , a change is being checked
    $1.21/M tokens
  9. 9

    OpenRouter

    Resells

    $0.65 in · $3.41 out

    $1.34/M tokens
  10. 10

    CoreWeave

    Runs it themselves

    $0.65 in · $3.41 out

    $1.34/M tokens
  11. 11

    $0.65 in · $3.41 out

    $1.34/M tokens
  12. 12

    CoreWeave

    Lower precision (fp4)

    $0.65 in · $3.41 out

    $1.34/M tokens
  13. 13

    $0.65 in · $3.41 out

    $1.34/M tokens
  14. 14

    Lilac

    Runs it themselves

    $0.70 in · $3.50 out

    $1.40/M tokens
  15. 15

    Crusoe

    Runs it themselves

    $0.70 in · $3.50 out

    $1.40/M tokens
  16. 16

    Crusoe

    Runs it themselves

    $0.70 in · $3.50 out

    $1.40/M tokens
  17. 17

    SiliconFlow

    Runs it themselves

    $0.77 in · $3.40 out

    $1.43/M tokens
  18. 18

    SiliconFlow

    Lower precision (fp8)

    $0.77 in · $3.40 out

    $1.43/M tokens
  19. 19

    FastRouter

    Resells

    $0.75 in · $3.50 out

    $1.44/M tokens
  20. 20

    Venice

    Runs it themselves

    $0.75 in · $3.50 out · 256k context here

    $1.44/M tokens
  21. 21

    DeepInfra

    Runs it themselves

    $0.75 in · $3.50 out

    $1.44/M tokens
  22. 22

    DeepInfra

    Lower precision (fp4)

    $0.75 in · $3.50 out

    $1.44/M tokens
  23. 23

    Venice

    Lower precision (int4)

    $0.75 in · $3.50 out · 256k context here

    $1.44/M tokens
  24. 24

    Parasail

    Lower precision (int4)

    $0.75 in · $3.50 out

    $1.44/M tokens
  25. 25

    Novita

    Runs it themselves

    $0.80 in · $3.40 out

    $1.45/M tokens

Not ranked

Below the maker's own price with nothing published to account for it, from a catalog we could not read reliably, or a free tier, which is a limit rather than a price. Why

  1. Alibaba Token Plan

    Free tier

    given away with limits

    free
  2. SCNet Token Plan

    Free tier

    given away with limits

    free
  3. NVIDIA build

    Free tier

    given away with limits

    free
  4. Alibaba Token Plan (China)

    Free tier

    given away with limits

    free
  5. Inceptron

    Not ranked

    $0.68 in · $3.50 out

    $1.39/M tokens
  6. Inceptron

    Not ranked

    $0.68 in · $3.50 out

    $1.39/M tokens
  7. Meganova

    Not ranked

    $0.75 in · $3.50 out

    $1.44/M tokens
  8. Featherless

    Not ranked

    $0.80 in · $3.40 out

    $1.45/M tokens
  9. Kenari

    Not ranked

    $1 in · $5 out

    $2/M tokens

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What it costs for your work
pages a month
$0.81

A month at Moonshot AI's own price

$0.34

A month at Chutes, the cheapest

$0.47

What you save

A page is about 600 tokens in and 60 out, a support reply 200 in and 300 out, an email 150 in and 250 out. Nothing else is counted: no cache discount, no batch rate, no free tier.

Evidence
Capability 70.5of 100

LiveBench · kimi-k2.6-thinking · thinking enabled. Published 15 Oct 2026, read 31 Oct 2026.

How it is calculated

Each is a measurement of the stated version and configuration. Two benchmarks are not the same test, and a score is not the chance your own work succeeds.

How we count

Prices are per million tokens. The big number on each row is blended 3 in : 1 out, the way most work uses a model. A price below Moonshot AI's own is listed as cheapest only when the provider says why.

Runs it themselves
The provider runs the open weights on hardware of its own, so the price is its own rather than a resale.
Resells
The provider sells another company's endpoint, at a margin of its own or at the maker's price.
Lower precision
The open weights, served at a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
Credits
Priced in credits or points that convert to dollars, so the rate moves when the conversion does.
Same as maker
Sold by someone else at the price the maker charges.
Maker's price
What the lab that trained the model charges on its own API. Every other row is measured against it.
Costs more
Sold by someone else for more than the maker charges.
Free tier
Given away inside a quota. A limit is not a price, so it is never called cheapest.
Not ranked
Below the maker's price on a closed model with nothing to account for it, or from a catalog we could not read reliably. Listed, and never a pick.

Similar models

Models from other labs that do what Kimi K2.6 does, cheapest first. Each percentage is against Kimi K2.6's cheapest price, $0.74 per M tokens.

Frequently asked

Who sells Kimi K2.6 cheapest?
Chutes, at $0.39 in and $1.80 out per million tokens, checked 31 Oct 2026. The provider runs the open weights on hardware of its own, so the price is its own rather than a resale.
Is Kimi K2.6 open weights?
Yes. Moonshot AI publishes the weights, so anyone may host Kimi K2.6, which is why 77 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
How much context does Kimi K2.6 hold?
262,144 tokens in one call, which is about 262k, and it can call your own functions.
How does Kimi K2.6 compare with the rest of the market?
At $1.71 per million tokens, Moonshot AI's own price is 94% above the typical $0.88 across the 392 text models we track.

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