Kimi K2 Thinking
Last verified August 3, 2026 · Moonshot pricing ↗$0.600/1M input · $2.50/1M output · 262K context · Moonshot
Kimi K2 Thinking last cost $0.600 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens from Moonshot, with a 262K-token context window. A typical chat reply (1,500 tokens in, 400 out) costs $0.0019, or $19.00 per 10,000 requests.
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Moonshot has shut Kimi K2 Thinking down. You cannot buy it at the rate below. The price is kept so past spend and old estimates still reconcile, and it is excluded from the calculator’s default model list and from every ranking.
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What Kimi K2 Thinking Costs Per Request
At $0.600 per 1M input and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, before caching or batch discounts.
| Workload | Input / output tokens | Per request | Per 10,000 requests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 1,500 / 400 | $0.0019 | $19.00 |
| RAG answer over retrieved docs | 8,000 / 600 | $0.0063 | $63.00 |
| Coding-agent step | 30,000 / 2,000 | $0.023 | $230.00 |
Kimi K2 Thinking vs Similarly Priced Models
Nearest buyable models by price, with the RAG answer above (8,000 in / 600 out) priced on each.
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context | RAG answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2 Thinking Moonshot | $0.600 | $2.50 | 262K | $0.0063 |
| Kimi K2.5 Moonshot | $0.600 | $3.00 | 262K | $0.0066 |
| Grok Build 0.1 xAI | $1.00 | $2.00 | 256K | $0.0092 |
| QwQ-Plus Alibaba | $0.800 | $2.40 | 131K | $0.0078 |
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