Kimi K2.6 pricing
Source: openrouter · updated 2026-10-27
Short answer: Kimi K2.6 costs $0.650 per million input tokens and $3.41 per million output tokens. That is a 3:1 blended rate of $1.34 per million tokens, ranking it #409 of 704 tracked models by input price.
Price breakdown
| Metric | USD |
|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.650 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $3.41 |
| Output รท input multiple | 5.25× |
| 3:1 blended, per 1M tokens | $1.34 |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens |
What a typical workload costs
| Monthly volume | Input cost | Output cost | Total | 1M in / 250K out | $0.650 | $0.853 | $1.50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $6.50 | $8.53 | $15.03 | ||||
| 100M in / 25M out | $65.00 | $85.25 | $150 |
Other moonshotai models
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Kimi K3 | $0.150 | $11.50 |
| Kimi K2.5 | $0.500 | $2.50 |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | $0.560 | $3.10 |
| Kimi K2 | $0.570 | $2.30 |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | $0.600 | $2.50 |
Cheaper alternatives
Next cheaper option: Qwen 3 VL 235 B A22 B Thinking at $0.400 per 1M input tokens. Next step up: Qwen 3.5 397 B A17 B Fp 8 at $0.600 per 1M input tokens.