Moonshot / Kimi API model

Moonshot: kimi-k3

Kimi flagship for long-horizon coding, knowledge work, and deep reasoning with 1M context and native image and video understanding; the announced open-source weights are due by July 27, 2026.

Specs

Pricing and API details.

Transparent USD pricing. No mainland-China account or phone required. Token-model rates are synchronized from the gateway and may follow providers' official China list prices where configured. Live pricing is authoritative.

Context window

1M

Modalities

Text, image and video input

Input $/1M

$3.1995

Output $/1M

$15.9974

Endpoint

OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions

About kimi-k3

Kimi flagship for long-horizon coding, knowledge work, and deep reasoning with 1M context and native image and video understanding; the announced open-source weights are due by July 27, 2026.

Pricing

Transparent USD pricing.

kimi-k3

$3.1995/M input, $15.9974/M output tokens. Paid in USD. Token-model rates are synchronized from the gateway and may follow providers' official China list prices where configured. Live pricing is authoritative. View live pricing Automatic cache hits are billed at $0.3200 per 1M input tokens; the standard input price above is the cache-miss rate.

Quickstart

Copy-paste API request.

curl -X POST https://api.chinaapi-ru.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "kimi-k3",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ]
  }'

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="sk-...",
    base_url="https://api.chinaapi-ru.com/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="kimi-k3",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Internal links

Related model pages and guides.

How do I use kimi-k3?

Use kimi-k3 through ChinaAPI with an API key and the OpenAI-compatible endpoint shown above.

How much does kimi-k3 cost?

kimi-k3 is $3.1995/M input, $15.9974/M output tokens, paid in USD. The live pricing page is authoritative. Token-model rates are synchronized from the gateway and may follow providers' official China list prices where configured. Live pricing is authoritative.

Does kimi-k3 need a Chinese account?

No. ChinaAPI provides access without a mainland-China account or phone number and includes a $2 free trial. Check live pricing for the displayed USD rate.