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title: "Kimi K3 API pricing: ⁨$3⁩ in, ⁨$15⁩ out · DotsAgent"
description: "Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI (Kimi): price per million input, cached and output tokens, context window, agent features and what a real agent task costs on it."
url: https://dotsagent.io/models/kimi-k3
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[Moonshot AI (Kimi)](https://dotsagent.io/providers/moonshot)

· Flagship

# Kimi K3 API pricing and specs

Moonshot's open-weight model with always-on reasoning, native vision, dynamically loaded tools and JSON Schema output.

Input

$3

Cached input

$0.30

Output

$15

US dollars per million tokens, standard tier, short-prompt rate

Default reasoning effort is max, which is expensive in output tokens; set it lower for routine steps. Moonshot advises against its built-in web search while it is being updated.

## Spec sheet

- **API model string**: `kimi-k3`
- **Provider**: [Moonshot AI (Kimi)](https://dotsagent.io/providers/moonshot)
- **Context**: 1.05M tokens
- **Max output**: —
- **Released**: July 16, 2026
- **Batch API**: No batch discount listed
- **Documented agent features**: Tool callingStructured outputAdjustable reasoningImage input

## What a task costs

Four reference workloads priced at this model's list rates, with caching applied after the first call. Your numbers will differ; the calculator lets you change every assumption.

| Workload | Per task | Per 1,000 tasks |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Support bot 4 calls, short tool lookups | $0.084 | $84 |
| Coding agent 30 calls, files and test output | $2.97 | $2,966 |
| Browser agent 25 calls, screenshots and page text | $2.09 | $2,095 |
| Research agent 15 calls, long search results | $1.98 | $1,985 |

[Change the assumptions](https://dotsagent.io/cost#model=kimi-k3)

## Similar cost elsewhere

Models from other providers whose cost on the 30-step coding workload is closest to this one.

- [Grok 4.7](https://dotsagent.io/models/grok-4-7): $2.68 per coding task

- [Claude Opus 5.5](https://dotsagent.io/models/claude-opus-5-5): $3.39 per coding task

- [Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview](https://dotsagent.io/models/gemini-3-1-pro-preview): $2.05 per coding task

- [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://dotsagent.io/models/claude-sonnet-5-5): $1.98 per coding task

## Sources

1. [platform.kimi.ai](https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/pricing/chat-k3)/docs/pricing/chat-k3
2. [kimi.ai](https://www.kimi.ai/resources/kimi-k3-pricing)/resources/kimi-k3-pricing
3. [kimi.ai](https://www.kimi.ai/blog/kimi-k3)/blog/kimi-k3
4. [arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.24653)/abs/2607.24653

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