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Kimi K2 Instruct
moonshotai·moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct·GA·Open weights·kimi-k2 series
Kimi model for long-context chat, coding, and agentic reasoning
At a glance
Reference price$1.00 / $3.00 per 1M
Cache read — · Hugging Face
Lowest paid$0.40 / $1.80
NanoGPT Gateway · 2.6× spread
Context131,072
⚠ Providers report 32,768–256,000; the table below is authoritative
Output limit16,384
Capabilities
Reasoning✓ Tool use✓ Structured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2024-10
Released / updated2025-07-11 / 2026-01
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 6 providers6 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NanoGPT | Gateway | $0.40 | $1.80 | $0.20 | — | 256,000 ⚠ | 8,192 | |
| IO.NET moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905 | Cloud | $0.39 | $1.90 | $0.195 | $0.78 | 32,768 ⚠ | 4,096 | |
| Jiekou.AI | Gateway | $0.57 | $2.30 | — | — | 131,072 | 131,072 | |
| Vercel AI Gateway moonshotai/kimi-k2 | Cloud | $0.57 | $2.30 | — | — | 131,072 | 131,072 | |
| NovitaAI | Gateway | $0.57 | $2.30 | — | — | 131,072 | 32,768 | |
| Hugging Face moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct | Cloud | $1.00 | $3.00 | — | — | 131,072 | 16,384 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1NanoGPT$146.00
2IO.NET$149.60
3Jiekou.AI$229.00
4Vercel AI Gateway$229.00
5NovitaAI$229.00
6Hugging Face$350.00
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended