MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking
Provider: moonshotai · moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking
How MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking pricing compares
At $2.5 / 1M output tokens, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking is the 2nd-cheapest of 8 moonshotai models we track. It's cheaper than 43% of the 392 paid models on computetrail (225th-cheapest overall). Output costs 4.2× its input price ($0.6 / 1M in). For a typical 3:1 input-to-output workload that works out to about $1.07 / 1M blended. Reading cached input costs 75% less than fresh input, so prompt caching cuts repeat-context cost sharply. Its 262,144 tokens context window ranks 208th-largest of 392 models with a published limit.
Output price history
Across 60 daily snapshots since 2026-06-29, the output price has held steady at $2.5 / 1M — no change so far.
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Prices are recorded daily from public provider data via OpenRouter and normalized to USD per 1M tokens. See methodology.