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Kimi K2.6 pricing, context window, and cost calculator

A multimodal Kimi model with switchable reasoning, source-tracked API pricing, and a 262,144-token context window.

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Verified fields

Quick facts

API access providerKimi API
Model creatorMoonshot AI
API model IDkimi-k2.6
Default input / 1M$0.95
Default output / 1M$4.00
Context window262,144
Default profilestandard
Acceptstext, image
Producestext
StatusStable

Supported capabilities

  • Streaming
  • Function calling
  • Structured outputs
  • Prompt caching
  • Reasoning

Only capabilities explicitly tracked from provider documentation are shown.

Source-tracked rates

Verified pricing profiles

Amounts are USD per 1M tokens unless the column states an hourly storage unit.

ProfileInput / 1MCached input / 1MOutput / 1MNotes
standardDefault$0.95 USD$0.16 USD$4.00 USDUsed for default estimates.
Workload estimate

Kimi K2.6 cost calculator

Change the workload assumptions. The calculator uses the same shared pricing resolver as StackLens Compare.

Estimated monthly total$29.50
Monthly input cost
$9.50
Monthly output cost
$20.00
Per 1,000 requests
$2.95
Active profile
standard

Estimate excludes untracked provider-specific charges.

Explicit assumptions

Common workload examples

Input only

1M input tokens

$0.95 under the standard profile, excluding output and other charges.

Output only

1M output tokens

$4.00 under the standard profile, excluding input and other charges.

Default workload

10,000 monthly requests

At 1,000 input and 500 output tokens per request: $29.50 under standard.

Cache scenario

50% cached input

The same default workload with 50% cached input is estimated at $25.55. Cache savings apply only to the tracked cached-input rate.

Tracked relationships

Related models

StackLens relationship map based on model families and published decision comparisons. Find a workload match → Open relationship map → Open price map →

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Verification

Sources and methodology

Pricing and limits are source-tracked and may change. Verify current values with the provider before making production purchasing decisions.

Calculator profile rule: standard is the verified default. Kimi does not publish a separate maximum-output figure for K2.6, so StackLens leaves that field unverified.