Kimi K2 Thinking pricing.
prices as of · 26 providers · 29 prices
Moonshot AI's Kimi K2 Thinking holds 262k tokens of context and has a reasoning mode. Open weights, so anyone may host it, which is why the prices below differ so much.
Kimi K2 Thinking costs $0.60 in and $2.50 out per million tokens from Moonshot AI; the cheapest price we can explain is $3.41 at Vercel AI Gateway, checked 16 Sept 2026.
Moonshot AI list price
$4.30/M tokens
$0.60 in · $2.50 out
read · 21% above the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$3.41/M tokens
$0.47 in · $2 out · 21% under list
Vercel AI Gatewayread
What it costs for your work
Moonshot AI list price
$0.51a month
cheapest we can explain · Vercel AI Gateway
$0.402a month
difference
$0.108saved
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.
Every provider selling Kimi K2 Thinking
Four groups, decided by the price and by what the provider publishes about it. Prices are per million tokens, and the share is that row against Moonshot AI's price.
The maker's list price
1 priceWhat the lab that trained the model charges on its own API.
Moonshot AIThe price Moonshot AI charges for the model it trained. Every row below is measured against it.
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and we know why
6 pricesBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
- Vercel AI Gateway
Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
216k context hereVercel AI Gateway ↗$0.47 / $2in / out per M
0.79×of list price
HeliconeHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
256k context here$0.48 / $2in / out per M
0.80×of list price
PoeA consumer subscription with an API bolted on. Points convert to dollars, so the rate moves when the conversion does.
216k context herePoe ↗$0.47 / $2.02in / out per M
0.80×of list price
OpenCode ZenHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.40 / $2.50in / out per M
0.86×of list price
$0.57 / $2.29in / out per M
0.93×of list price
302.AI4% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.
$0.57 / $2.30in / out per M
0.94×of list price
Same price as the maker
21 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.63 / $1.27in / out per M
0.74×of list price
$0.80 / $1.20in / out per M
0.84×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Charm HyperThe same price Moonshot AI charges.
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Hugging Face Inference ProvidersThe same price Moonshot AI charges.
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Merge GatewayThe same price Moonshot AI charges.
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.60 / $2.60in / out per M
1.02×of list price
$2.50 / $2.50in / out per M
2.33×of list price
$1.15 / $8in / out per M
2.66×of list price
$1.15 / $8in / out per M
2.66×of list price
Cheaper, and nobody says why
1 price · never rankedBelow list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.
FeatherlessWe could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
33k context hereFeatherless ↗$0.60 / $2.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Frequently asked
- Who sells Kimi K2 Thinking cheapest?
- Vercel AI Gateway, at $0.47 in and $2 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
- Is Kimi K2 Thinking open weights?
- Yes. Moonshot AI publishes the weights, so anyone may host Kimi K2 Thinking, which is why 26 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does Kimi K2 Thinking hold?
- 262,144 tokens in one call, which is about 262k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does Kimi K2 Thinking compare with the rest of the market?
- At $4.30 per million tokens, Moonshot AI's price is 21% above the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.