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Kimi K2.6
Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's next-generation multimodal model, designed for long-horizon coding, coding-driven UI/UX generation, and multi-agent orchestration. It handles complex end-to-end coding tasks across Python, Rust, and Go, and...
1pricing route
What published route metadata supports
CachingHugging FaceReasoningStructured outputTool useVision
Input modalities
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Supported API parameters
frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biaslogprobsmax_tokensmin_pparallel_tool_callspresence_penaltyreasoningrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_logprobstop_p
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Release dateNot independently verified
Knowledge cutoffNot independently verified
Open weightsNot independently verified
OpenRouter catalog date2026-04-20
LLMPrice does not infer a release date, knowledge cutoff, or open-weight status from a model name, Hugging Face link, or pricing route.
Could this workload cost less?Compare Kimi K2.6 with cheaper models using the same workload.
Find cheaper alternatives →| Endpoint / route | Model ID | Input | Cached | Output | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterStandard | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | $0.65 | $0.15 | $3.41 | 262K | OpenRouter API ↗ |
Hugging Face references
Presence of a Hugging Face ID is not treated as proof that model weights are open.
7 verified price changes since Aug 26, 2026
0 route availability changes recorded. No earlier prices are inferred.
Input / 1M$0.65Aug 26, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026
Output / 1M$3.41Aug 26, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026
- Oct 11, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.4344 → $0.65 · Cached input $0.1077 → $0.15 · Output $2.45 → $3.41
- Oct 9, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.4357 → $0.4344 · Cached input $0.1205 → $0.1077
- Oct 9, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.465 → $0.4357 · Cached input $0.0975 → $0.1205
- Oct 7, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.95 → $0.465 · Cached input $0.16 → $0.0975 · Output $4 → $2.45
- Oct 3, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.4341 → $0.95 · Cached input $0.0731 → $0.16 · Output $1.83 → $4
- Oct 1, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.65 → $0.4341 · Cached input $0.15 → $0.0731 · Output $3.41 → $1.83