First-party APIs
OpenAI-compatible
CN
Moonshot AI Platform.
Moonshot AI's developer API for the Kimi family. Both open-weight (K2 series) and closed flagship (Moonshot v1) accessible from one endpoint.
Cheapest 12 models
Where the floor is.
Sorted cheapest-first by $/M input. Useful when you're looking for the floor before picking a model.
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At a glance
- Service type
- First-party APIs
- Trust tier
- Tier 1
- Headquarters
- CN
- OpenAI-compat
- Yes
- Open weights
- Yes
- Proprietary
- Yes
When to pick Moonshot AI Platform
Best for
- Full feature coverage — prompt caching, batch tier, function calling, fine-tuning.
- The lowest per-token rate for the maker's own models.
- Production workloads where a direct billing relationship matters.
Avoid for
- Multi-model workflows that need a unified billing surface.
- Anywhere the maker's own SLA isn't sufficient.
Models on Moonshot AI Platform
Pricing + measured speed + self-host alternative, one row per model. Click a column header to sort.
| Model ↕ | Maker ↕ | Access ↕ | $/M in ↕ | $/M out ↕ | Tokens/sec ↕ | TTFT ↕ | Self-host on ↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2.5 | Moonshot AI | api direct | — | — | — | — | API only | Open → |
| Kimi K2.6 | Moonshot AI | api direct | — | — | — | — | API only | Open → |
| MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 | Moonshot AI | api direct | $0.6 | $2.5 | — | — | 4× AMD MI300 · INT4 | Open → |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | Moonshot AI | api direct | $0.6 | $2.5 | — | — | 4× AMD MI300 · INT4 | Open → |
| Kimi K2 | Moonshot AI | api direct | $0.57 | $2.3 | — | — | 4× Nvidia H200 · FP8 | Open → |
| Kimi K2.5 | Moonshot AI | api direct | $0.6 | $2.5 | — | — | 4× AMD MI300 · INT4 | Open → |
| Kimi K2.6 | Moonshot AI | api direct | $0.6 | $2.5 | — | — | 4× AMD MI300 · INT4 | Open → |