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Moonshot Kimi K2 Instruct

moonshotai·moonshotai/moonshot-kimi-k2-instruct·GA·Open weights·kimi-k2 series
Kimi model for long-context chat, coding, and agentic reasoning

Specs & pricing

Input / output per 1M tokens
Reference price·Alibaba (China)
$0.57 / $2.29
Blended $1.00 · Cache read —
Lowest paid·Alibaba (China)First-party
$0.57 / $2.29
Blended $1.00
Context
131,072
Output limit
8,192
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released / updated
2025-01-01 / 2025-01-01
Capabilities
Reasoning✓ Tool useStructured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
Modalities
Text

Available at 1 providers1 with public prices

ProviderTierInputOutputCache readCache writeContextOutput limitStatus
Alibaba (China)First-party$0.57$2.29——131,0728,192

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

1Alibaba (China)$229.50
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.

Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync

Input listOutput listMin blended
$2.29$02026-08-052026-08-132026-08-05 · Input list $0.572026-08-06 · Input list $0.572026-08-07 · Input list $0.572026-08-08 · Input list $0.572026-08-09 · Input list $0.572026-08-10 · Input list $0.572026-08-11 · Input list $0.572026-08-12 · Input list $0.572026-08-13 · Input list $0.572026-08-05 · Output list $2.292026-08-06 · Output list $2.292026-08-07 · Output list $2.292026-08-08 · Output list $2.292026-08-09 · Output list $2.292026-08-10 · Output list $2.292026-08-11 · Output list $2.292026-08-12 · Output list $2.292026-08-13 · Output list $2.292026-08-05 · Min blended $1.002026-08-06 · Min blended $1.002026-08-07 · Min blended $1.002026-08-08 · Min blended $1.002026-08-09 · Min blended $1.002026-08-10 · Min blended $1.002026-08-11 · Min blended $1.002026-08-12 · Min blended $1.002026-08-13 · Min blended $1.00

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Data partly from models.dev (MIT) · Alibaba (China) official docs ↗