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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 provider comparison

moonshotai/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...

Endpoints:
20
Context:
262.1K
Input:
text, image
Output:
text
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At a glance

Comparison winners

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens using the latest published median speed data.

Best cost/speed trade-off

ModelRunmodelrun/fp4

$1.6 / 1M tokens

3.57 s estimated response

Cheapest

DigitalOceandigitalocean

$1.5733 / 1M tokens

$0.00236 for the sample request

Fastest

ModelRunmodelrun/fp4

3.57 s estimated response

$1.6 / 1M tokens

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

Compare published endpoint pricing and estimated response time visually.

Effective price by endpoint

USD per 1 million tokens for input and output. Lower is better.

DigitalOcean has the lowest estimated cost for 1,000 input and 500 output tokens at $0.00236.

Estimated cost vs. response time

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens. Cost is shown in USD per 1 million tokens. Lower and further left is better; the single best cost/speed trade-off appears at full opacity.

20 providers have complete pricing and speed data. ModelRun is closest to the ideal combination of lowest cost and fastest response.

Server-rendered comparison

Provider endpoints

Prompt and completion prices are effective USD per token as published by OpenRouter. Missing speed data never removes an endpoint.

Endpoint comparison for MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
Provider / routeCurrent pricing ↗Speed measurementsEndpoint details
Provider / route
Inceptroninceptron/int4
Current pricing
Input price
$0.66 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.41 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.002365
Speed measurements
500-token response
30.26 s
Response starts
2.48 s
Output speed
18.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
99.24%
Context
262.1K
Model format
int4
Max output
262.1K
17 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, parallel_tool_calls, presence_penalty, reasoning, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p

Provider / route
Decartdecart/fp4
Current pricing
Input price
$0.66 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.41 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.002365
Speed measurements
500-token response
15.21 s
Response starts
5.78 s
Output speed
53.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
98.13%
Context
262.1K
Model format
fp4
Max output
262.1K
18 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p

Provider / route
Chuteschutes/int4
Current pricing
Input price
$0.66 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.5 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00241
Speed measurements
500-token response
49.01 s
Response starts
7.34 s
Output speed
12.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
90.48%
Context
262.1K
Model format
int4
Max output
65.5K
14 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Provider / route
Baidu Qianfanbaidu/fp4
Current pricing
Input price
$0.684 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.42 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.002394
Speed measurements
500-token response
14.90 s
Response starts
1.01 s
Output speed
36.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
99.94%
Context
262.1K
Model format
fp4
Max output
262.1K
12 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p

Provider / route
ModelRunmodelrun/fp4
FastestBest cost/speed trade-off
Current pricing
Input price
$0.7 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.4 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.0024
Speed measurements
500-token response
3.57 s
Response starts
0.28 s
Output speed
152.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Model format
fp4
Max output
262.1K
14 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Provider / route
Parasailparasail/int4
Current pricing
Input price
$0.75 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.5 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.0025
Speed measurements
500-token response
8.21 s
Response starts
0.75 s
Output speed
67.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
99.44%
Context
262.1K
Model format
int4
Max output
262.1K
18 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p

Provider / route
Venicevenice/int4
Current pricing
Input price
$0.75 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.5 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.0025
Speed measurements
500-token response
7.68 s
Response starts
1.02 s
Output speed
75.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
256K
Model format
int4
Max output
65.5K
13 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Provider / route
DeepInfradeepinfra/fp4
Current pricing
Input price
$0.75 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.5 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.0025
Speed measurements
500-token response
6.34 s
Response starts
0.72 s
Output speed
89.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
99.83%
Context
262.1K
Model format
fp4
Max output
16.4K
17 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Provider / route
DigitalOceandigitalocean
Cheapest
Current pricing
Input price
$0.76 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.2 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00236
Speed measurements
500-token response
10.50 s
Response starts
0.69 s
Output speed
51.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Model format
unknown
Max output
N/a
11 parameters

include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, reasoning, response_format, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p

Provider / route
SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8
Current pricing
Input price
$0.77 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.4 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00247
Speed measurements
500-token response
15.29 s
Response starts
1.78 s
Output speed
37.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Model format
fp8
Max output
262.1K
11 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, response_format, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Provider / route
NovitaAInovita
Current pricing
Input price
$0.8 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.4 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.0025
Speed measurements
500-token response
21.48 s
Response starts
2.25 s
Output speed
26.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
99.62%
Context
262.1K
Model format
unknown
Max output
262.1K
15 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Provider / route
StreamLakestreamlake/fp8
Current pricing
Input price
$0.855 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.6 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.002655
Discount
10.0%
Speed measurements
500-token response
19.83 s
Response starts
1.98 s
Output speed
28.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
97.75%
Context
256K
Model format
fp8
Max output
256K
13 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, reasoning, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p

Provider / route
AtlasCloudatlas-cloud/int4
Current pricing
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00295
Speed measurements
500-token response
22.81 s
Response starts
1.98 s
Output speed
24.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
97.34%
Context
262.1K
Model format
int4
Max output
262.1K
16 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Provider / route
Moonshot AImoonshotai/int4
Current pricing
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00295
Speed measurements
500-token response
25.57 s
Response starts
1.76 s
Output speed
21.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Model format
int4
Max output
N/a
10 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, tool_choice, tools

Provider / route
Current pricing
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00295
Speed measurements
500-token response
4.33 s
Response starts
0.33 s
Output speed
125.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
99.95%
Context
262.1K
Model format
fp4
Max output
262.1K
17 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p

Provider / route
Cloudflarecloudflare
Current pricing
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00295
Speed measurements
500-token response
11.70 s
Response starts
0.59 s
Output speed
45.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
99.43%
Context
262.1K
Model format
unknown
Max output
262.1K
19 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p

Provider / route
Phalaphala
Current pricing
Input price
$1.09 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4.6 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00339
Speed measurements
500-token response
27.94 s
Response starts
1.62 s
Output speed
19.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
262.1K
Model format
unknown
Max output
262.1K
16 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Provider / route
Togethertogether
Current pricing
Input price
$1.2 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4.5 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00345
Speed measurements
500-token response
5.55 s
Response starts
0.55 s
Output speed
100.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
99.73%
Context
262.1K
Model format
unknown
Max output
N/a
16 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Provider / route
Basetenbaseten/fp4
Current pricing
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00295
Speed measurements
500-token response
5.24 s
Response starts
1.07 s
Output speed
120.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
262K
Model format
fp4
Max output
262K
12 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p

Provider / route
Fireworksfireworks
Current pricing
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Sample cost
$0.00295
Speed measurements
500-token response
11.18 s
Response starts
0.77 s
Output speed
48.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
262.1K
Model format
unknown
Max output
N/a
17 parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p

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Kimi K2.6 deployment guide

How to choose a Kimi K2.6 inference provider

Kimi K2.6 is indexed here as a text model by MoonshotAI, with 20 provider endpoints from Inceptron, Decart, Chutes, Baidu Qianfan, ModelRun, and others. The comparison preserves each exact OpenRouter routing tag so pricing and performance observations can be connected to the route an application would actually request.

Match the endpoint to the workload

The model publishes a 262.1K-token context window. It accepts text, image input and returns text output. 20 distinct supported parameters appear across the listed routes. Confirm limits on the specific endpoint rather than assuming every host exposes the same configuration.

Compare the real request economics

DigitalOcean currently has the lowest estimated cost for the standard 1,000-input/500-output-token sample at $0.00236. Input-heavy and output-heavy applications can produce a different result, so review both per-million-token prices in the endpoint table.

Balance response start and generation speed

ModelRun currently has the shortest estimated 500-token response at 3.57 seconds. ModelRun is the single endpoint closest to the current ideal cost/speed combination. Recent observations can change, so validate finalists with your own prompts.