Moonshot AIText generationReleased July 16, 2026

Kimi K3

Name: Kimi K3
Brand: Moonshot AI
SKU: kimi-k3
Availability: InStock

Kimi K3 costs $2.7 per 1M input tokens and $13.5 per 1M output tokens on LLM API, with a 1M-token context window.

Pricing

Lowest price among 7 providers, after discounts.

Kimi K3 prices on LLM API
Input	$2.7~~before discount $3~~	per 1M tokens
Output	$13.5~~before discount $15~~	per 1M tokens
Cache read	$0.27~~before discount $0.3~~	per 1M tokens

Providers

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

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Providers of Kimi K3 on LLM API

Moonshot AI	$3	$15	$0.3	1M	128K
CanopyWave	$3	$15	$0.3	1M	128K
Novita AI−10% discount	$2.7	$13.5	$0.27	1.05M	131K
Together AI	$3	$15	$0.3	1.05M	131K
Nebius	$3	$15	$3	1.05M	8K
Alibaba Cloud−5% discount	$2.85	$14.25	$0.285	1.05M	131K
Melious	$3.3629	$16.8142	$0.885	1M	128K

Features

“Some providers”: not every provider of this model supports it.

ToolsYes
Parallel tool callsNo
Image inputYes
ReasoningYes
Levels: max
Prompt cachingYes
Structured outputsYes
JSON modeYes
StreamingYes
Web searchSome providers

Call Kimi K3

POST /v1/chat/completionsSet LLMAPI_KEY to your LLM API key.Chat Completions docs

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-k3",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.llmapi.ai/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.LLMAPI_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "kimi-k3",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

curl https://api.llmapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLMAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "kimi-k3",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'

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Prices synced November 9, 2026.