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Kimi K3
Kimi K3 is a 2.8T parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Moonshot AI. It is suited for complex coding, knowledge work, and long-horizon agentic workflows, and is particularly strong at...
2pricing routes
What published route metadata supports
CachingHugging FaceReasoningStructured outputTool useVideo inputVision
Input modalities
ImageTextVideo
Supported API parameters
frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biaslogprobsmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyreasoningreasoning_effortrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_logprobstop_p
Only source-backed fields are filled
Release dateNot independently verified
Knowledge cutoffNot independently verified
Open weightsNot independently verified
OpenRouter catalog date2026-07-16
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 K3 with cheaper models using the same workload.
Find cheaper alternatives →| Endpoint / route | Model ID | Input | Cached | Output | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterStandard | moonshotai/kimi-k3 | $0.8 | $0.55 | $10 | 1.05M | OpenRouter API ↗ |
| OpenRouterBatch | moonshotai/kimi-k3:batch | $2.28 | $0.228 | $11.4 | 1.05M | OpenRouter API ↗ |
Hugging Face references
Presence of a Hugging Face ID is not treated as proof that model weights are open.
18 verified price changes since Aug 26, 2026
3 route availability changes recorded. No earlier prices are inferred.
Input / 1M$0.8Aug 26, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026
Output / 1M$10Aug 26, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026
- Oct 11, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.9 → $0.8 · Cached input $0.6 → $0.55 · Output $14 → $10
- Oct 9, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.5 → $0.9 · Cached input $0.3 → $0.6 · Output $12 → $14
- Oct 9, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.62 → $0.5 · Cached input $0.43 → $0.3 · Output $15 → $12
- Oct 7, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.83 → $0.62 · Cached input $0.27 → $0.43 · Output $14 → $15
- Oct 6, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.67 → $0.83 · Cached input $0.22 → $0.27
- Oct 5, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.72 → $0.67 · Cached input $0.7 → $0.22 · Output $13 → $14