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Kimi K2.6

Moonshot AI · Model release

Catalog checked 2026-09-29

Input $/1M
$0.95
Output $/1M
$4.00
Context
262K
Reasoning
Yes
Included in
9 plans

API model id

kimi-k2.6
01 / Standard API priceUSD / 1M tokens

Input

$0.95

Output

$4.00

Cache read

$0.16

Published rate checked 2026-09-29. Sources below.

Current published base rates. Context tiers, cache-write duration and other conditions may change the rate for a request. These are not a reconstructed historical invoice.

02 / Capabilities & limitsProvider specifications
Context window
262,144
Input
text · image · video
Output
text
Reasoning
Supported
Tool calling
Supported

Thinking is on by default and can be turned off per request.

Before you chooseChecked 2026-09-29
Thinking
Thinking is on by default. Set thinking.type to disabled for non-thinking mode.
Sampling
Temperature is fixed at 1.0 with thinking and 0.6 without. top_p is fixed at 0.95. Other values return an error.
Output limit
max_tokens defaults to 32,768. A separate maximum output ceiling is not stated in the reviewed quickstart.
API identity
kimi-k2.6; OpenAI-compatible API. Text, image and video input.
Access
The Kimi API requires a top-up of at least $1 before first use.
03 / Where you can use it1 API route · 9 subscriptions
Moonshot AI APIDirect API
Command Code Go$1 / month ↗Command Code GOAT$10 / month ↗Command Code Pro$20 / month ↗Command Code Max 10×$100 / month ↗Command Code Max 20×$200 / month ↗Ollama Cloud Pro$20 / month ↗Ollama Cloud Max$100 / month ↗OpenCode Go$10 / month ↗OpenCode Go Plus$40 / month ↗
Pricing, assumptions & evidence

Published base rate

Input $0.95 · Output $4.00 · Cache read $0.16 · Cache write Not listed

Missing token-category prices are not zero. Workload pricing applies exact recorded categories and admitted routes. No benchmark score or quality ranking is inferred from prices.

Aliases, routes and identity

Catalog ID kimi-k2-6

Model release (kind: release)

Developer: Moonshot AI

kimi-k2.6

provider_id

moonshotai/kimi-k2.6

harness_alias