Kimi K2.6 pricing and routing profile
Kimi K2.6 from Moonshot AI lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $3.41 per million output tokens, with a 262,144-token context window. Prices from OpenRouter's catalogue on 2026-09-28.
Tool callingStructured outputReasoning controlLog probabilities
Cost per 1,000 requests
| Request shape | List cost |
|---|---|
| Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out) | $0.424 |
| Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out) | $2.66 |
| Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out) | $6.91 |
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Can Gimbix route to it first?
Yes. 7 of 19 tracked hosts return token log probabilities for Kimi K2.6, which is the confidence signal Gimbix uses to let a cheaper model answer first.
Measured by Gimbix
On 400 real BANKING77 customer messages, Kimi K2.6 answered 323 correctly (95% interval 76.6%–84.3%), with 1 invalid answers, at $0.0847 per 1,000 requests and a median of 719 ms. See all 22 models.
Who serves Kimi K2.6
| Host | Input / output per 1M | Log probabilities | Uptime, last 30 min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inceptron | $0.45 / $2.39 | yes | 98.0% |
| Chutes | $0.50 / $2.85 | no | 99.7% |
| DigitalOcean | $0.57 / $2.40 | yes | 98.2% |
| Decart | $0.587 / $2.47 | no | 99.7% |
| StreamLake | $0.599 / $2.52 | yes | 99.7% |
| CoreWeave | $0.65 / $3.41 | yes | 99.8% |
| Crusoe | $0.70 / $3.50 | no | 71.2% |
| DeepInfra | $0.75 / $3.50 | no | 75.4% |
| Venice | $0.75 / $3.50 | no | 88.3% |
| Parasail | $0.75 / $3.50 | yes | 99.0% |
| SiliconFlow | $0.77 / $3.40 | no | 100.0% |
| Novita | $0.80 / $3.40 | no | 100.0% |
| GMICloud | $0.855 / $3.60 | yes | — |
| Baidu | $0.95 / $4.00 | no | 100.0% |
| AtlasCloud | $0.95 / $4.00 | no | — |
| Cloudflare | $0.95 / $4.00 | yes | 100.0% |
| Moonshot AI | $0.95 / $4.00 | no | 100.0% |
| Phala | $1.09 / $4.60 | no | 99.9% |
| Fireworks | $0.95 / $4.00 | yes | 0.0% |
A host that lists log probabilities may still omit them; Gimbix checks each one before relying on it.
Cheaper models that can answer first
Models priced below Kimi K2.6 that expose a confidence signal. Whether they answer your traffic as well is what a Gimbix pilot measures.
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Cheaper on a chat reply |
|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2 Thinking | $0.60 / $2.50 | 17% |
| GPT Audio Mini | $0.60 / $2.40 | 19% |
| GLM 5.2 | $0.65 / $2.04 | 21% |
| Qwen3.8 27B | $0.42 / $3.00 | 23% |
| GLM 5 | $0.60 / $1.92 | 26% |
| Qwen3.6 27B | $0.32 / $3.20 | 28% |
Compare Kimi K2.6
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- Kimi K2.6 vs GPT-5.5
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- Kimi K2.6 vs GPT-4.1 Mini
- Kimi K2.6 vs gpt-oss-120b
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- Kimi K2.6 vs Claude Haiku 4.5
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- Kimi K2.6 vs Gemma 4 31B
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- Kimi K2.6 vs GLM 5.3 Flash
- Kimi K2.6 vs Hy4 preview
- Kimi K2.6 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
- Kimi K2.6 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
- Kimi K2.6 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.8 Flash
- Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.7 Flash
- Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.8 27B
- Kimi K2.6 vs MiniMax M3
- Kimi K2.6 vs Mistral Small 4
- Kimi K2.6 vs Ministral 3 8B 2512
- Kimi K2.6 vs Llama 4 Maverick
- Kimi K2.6 vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
- Kimi K2.6 vs Nova Lite 1.0
- Kimi K2.6 vs Nova Micro 1.0
- Kimi K2.6 vs Command R7B (12-2024)
- Kimi K2.6 vs Phi 4
Questions
How much does Kimi K2.6 cost?
Kimi K2.6 lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $3.41 per million output tokens on OpenRouter as of 2026-09-28. A typical chat reply of 2,000 input and 400 output tokens costs about $2.66 per 1,000 requests.
What is the context window of Kimi K2.6?
262,144 tokens.
Can a cheaper model replace Kimi K2.6?
Sometimes. Gimbix proves it on your own traffic before routing: the cheaper model must match Kimi K2.6 on one half of your requests and make at most three answers worse on the other.