# Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 costs $0.855 per 1M input tokens and $3.6 per 1M output tokens on LLM API, with a 262K-token context window.

Model ID: `kimi-k2.6` · Moonshot AI · Text generation · Released April 20, 2026
Updated: 2026-10-27
Canonical: https://llmapi.ai/models/moonshotai-kimi-k2-6/

- Input: $0.855 (list $0.95) per 1M tokens
- Output: $3.6 (list $4) per 1M tokens
- Cache read: $0.144 (list $0.16) per 1M tokens
- Context: 262K tokens
- Max output: 4K tokens

## Pricing

Lowest price among 4 providers, after discounts.

| Price | Amount | Per |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Input | $0.855 (list $0.95) | per 1M tokens |
| Output | $3.6 (list $4) | per 1M tokens |
| Cache read | $0.144 (list $0.16) | per 1M tokens |

**Volume pricing.** At higher monthly volume, Kimi K2.6 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).

## Providers

Prices after each provider’s discount; the lowest in bold.

| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Context | Max output |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Azure](https://llmapi.ai/providers/microsoft-azure/) | $0.95 | $4 | $0.16 | 262K | 4K |
| [CanopyWave](https://llmapi.ai/providers/canopywave/) (−10%) | **$0.855** | **$3.6** | **$0.144** | 262K | 4K |
| [Moonshot AI](https://llmapi.ai/providers/kimi/) | $0.95 | $4 | $0.16 | 262K | 4K |
| [Novita AI](https://llmapi.ai/providers/novita/) | $0.95 | $4 | $0.16 | 262K | 4K |

## Features

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

## Call Kimi K2.6

### 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-k2.6",
    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.

Next step: [Get API key](https://app.llmapi.ai/signup)