MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 pricing and alternatives

Paid / limited

Available from OpenRouter

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

Multimodal Kimi workhorse for agent loops, coding tasks, and visual context

Paid / limitedOpenAI compatibleReasoningTool callingJSON modeTextImage

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API Details

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Base URL

https://openrouter.ai/api/v1

Model ID

moonshotai/kimi-k2.6

API format OpenAI Chat Completions + OpenAI Responses

Technical Details

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 specifications

Provider and model catalog

Context window 262K

Max output 236K

Status Online

Family kimi-k2

Knowledge cutoff 2025-01

Released Apr 21, 2026

Last updated Oct 4, 2026

Free listing since Apr 20, 2026

Input text, image, video

Output text

Capabilities reasoning, tool calling, structured output, file attachments, temperature control

Open weights Yes

Weights Hugging Face

External benchmark references

Benchmark	Score	Metric	Date
SWE-Bench Verified	80.2	resolved	Not listed
Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index	50.5	average pass@1	Not listed
SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA	59.8	pass@1	Not listed
SWE-Bench Pro	27.3	pass@1	Not listed

AI Recommendation

Should you use MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 is listed for chat workloads and supports a 262K context window.

Use the comparison and availability sections before choosing this listing, because it is not currently marked as free.

Best for

Chat

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Long context window
Reasoning mode listed
Tool calling support
Structured JSON output

Watch outs

No current free listing on this provider
Free-tier rate limits apply

Benchmark Overview

Benchmark signals for MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Measured data

Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following

27/100

Coding Programming and code generation

61.8/100

Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks

20.5/100

Speed Observed generation speed

64 tok/s

Context Maximum listed context window

262K

Pricing

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 pricing per 1M tokens

Provider pricing

Input $0.95 per 1M tokens

Output $4 per 1M tokens

Access Not listed OpenRouter

Rate limit 200 req/day (free tier) provider policy

Availability

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 availability by provider

2 alternatives

We found 3 provider listings for kimi-k2. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.

Provider	Model listing	Access	Context	API	Limits
OpenRouter	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6	Paid	262K	OpenAI-style	200 req/day (free tier)
NVIDIA NIM	moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	Free tier	262K	OpenAI-style	Up to 40 RPM
Cloudflare Workers AI	@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code	Free tier	262K	Native	10K neurons/day (shared)

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Compare

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 alternatives to consider

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Model	Provider	Context	Access
moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	NVIDIA NIM	262K	Free tier
@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code	Cloudflare Workers AI	262K	Free tier
inclusionAI: Ling 3.1 Flash	OpenRouter	262K	Free tier
Apodex: Apodex 1.1 Mini (free)	OpenRouter	262K	Free tier
Space Bunny Alpha	OpenRouter	1.0M	Free tier

Typical Use Cases

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 use cases

Chat

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

FAQ

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 free API FAQ

Is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 free to use?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 is not currently marked as free on OpenRouter.

What is the MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 model ID?

The model ID shown in this catalog is moonshotai/kimi-k2.6.

What are the MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 free tier rate limits on OpenRouter?

The listed free tier limit is 200 req/day (free tier). Limits can change per account tier, so confirm against the provider dashboard.

What context window does MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 support?

The listed context window is 262K tokens with up to 236K output tokens.

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