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Kimi K2.5 is Moonshot AI's native multimodal model, delivering state-of-the-art visual coding capability and a self-directed agent swarm paradigm. Built on Kimi K2 with continued pretraining over approximately 15T mixed...
How much does MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 cost for a real workload?
At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 costs about $10 ($5 input + $5 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.
What is the official MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 price?
| Official (moonshotai) | Catalog (OpenRouter) | |
|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $0.6 | $0.5 |
| Output /1M | $3 | $2.5 |
| Cached input /1M | $0.1 | $0.15 |
Differs from the official list price. The catalog tracks routed prices, which can sit below (or above) the provider's own list price. Source: moonshotai official pricing page, checked 2026-10-21.
What are cheaper alternatives to MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5?
- MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 — $0.57 in / $2.3 out per 1M
- Z.ai: GLM 4.5 — $0.6 in / $2.2 out per 1M
- Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview — $0.3 in / $2.5 out per 1M
- Moondream: Moondream 3.1 — $0.3 in / $2.5 out per 1M
- Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite — $0.3 in / $2.5 out per 1M
- Amazon: Nova 2 Lite — $0.3 in / $2.5 out per 1M
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Frequently asked questions
How much does MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 cost?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 costs $0.5 per 1M input tokens and $2.5 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 21, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $10.
What is the context window of MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 has a context window of 262,144 tokens and can return up to 235,929 output tokens per response.
What are cheaper alternatives to MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5?
Cheaper models include MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 ($0.57 in / $2.3 out), Z.ai: GLM 4.5 ($0.6 in / $2.2 out), Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.3 in / $2.5 out). See the full list on this page.
Is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 free to use?
No. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 is a paid model at $0.5 input / $2.5 output per 1M tokens. 20 free models are listed on the free models page.
What is the official price of MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5?
On moonshotai's official pricing page (checked 2026-10-21), MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 is listed at $0.6 per 1M input tokens and $3 per 1M output tokens. The catalog price tracked on this page differs from it — see the comparison table on this page.
Provider: moonshotai · Model ID: moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 · Modality: text+image->text · Price snapshot October 21, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices