# Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5 costs $0.3563 per 1M input tokens and $1.98 per 1M output tokens on LLM API, with a 262K-token context window.

Model ID: `kimi-k2.5` · Moonshot AI · Text generation · Released September 1, 2025
Updated: 2026-10-13
Canonical: https://llmapi.ai/models/moonshotai-kimi-k2-5/

- Input: $0.3563 per 1M tokens
- Output: $1.98 per 1M tokens
- Cache read: $0.225 per 1M tokens
- Context: 262K tokens
- Max output: 4K tokens

## Pricing

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| Price | Amount | Per |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Input | $0.3563 | per 1M tokens |
| Output | $1.98 | per 1M tokens |
| Cache read | $0.225 | per 1M tokens |

**Volume pricing.** At higher monthly volume, Kimi K2.5 may cost less. Book a call and sales will quote a price for your usage. [Book a call with sales](https://meetings.hubspot.com/julia-andriienko/llmapi) or [Create an account first](https://app.llmapi.ai/signup).

## Features

- Tools: Yes
- Parallel tool calls: No
- Image input: No
- Reasoning: No
- Prompt caching: Yes
- Structured outputs: No
- JSON mode: Yes
- Streaming: Yes
- Web search: No

## Call Kimi K2.5

### Chat Completions (`POST /v1/chat/completions`)

Set LLMAPI_KEY to your LLM API key.

```python
import os

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.llmapi.ai/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["LLMAPI_KEY"],
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="kimi-k2.5",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
```

Docs: [Chat Completions docs](https://docs.llmapi.ai/api/v1/chat/completions)

## More from Moonshot AI

- [Kimi K3](https://llmapi.ai/models/moonshotai-kimi-k3/): $2.7 / $13.5 per 1M input / output
- [Kimi K2.7-Code](https://llmapi.ai/models/moonshotai-kimi-k2-7-code/): $0.95 / $3.9995 per 1M input / output
- [Kimi K3.1 Pro](https://llmapi.ai/models/kimi-k3-1-pro/): $2 / $10 per 1M input / output

Prices synced 2026-11-03.

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