Kimi K3 pricing
Source: openrouter · updated 2026-10-28
Short answer: Kimi K3 costs $0.169 per million input tokens and $20.00 per million output tokens. That is a 3:1 blended rate of $5.13 per million tokens, ranking it #214 of 713 tracked models by input price.
Price breakdown
| Metric | USD |
|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.169 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $20.00 |
| Output รท input multiple | 118.34× |
| 3:1 blended, per 1M tokens | $5.13 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens |
What a typical workload costs
| Monthly volume | Input cost | Output cost | Total | 1M in / 250K out | $0.169 | $5.00 | $5.17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $1.69 | $50.00 | $51.69 | ||||
| 100M in / 25M out | $16.90 | $500 | $517 |
Other moonshotai models
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Kimi K2 0905 | $0.600 | $2.50 |
Compare against
Cheaper alternatives
Next cheaper option: Claude Opus 5 at $2.50 per 1M input tokens. Next step up: Morph Kimik 3 at $2.50 per 1M input tokens.