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Cheapest Kimi K2.6 Inference Providers

Ranks providers by estimated cost using a 1,000-input/500-output token ratio, shown per 1 million total tokens.

DigitalOcean currently ranks first at $1.573333 / 1M tokens via digitalocean.

Provider options:
20
Ranked:
20
Metric:
Estimated cost / 1M tokens

Cheapest endpoint ranking

Rank providers by
Cheapest Kimi K2.6 Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeEstimated cost / 1M tokensSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
DigitalOceandigitalocean
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.573333 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
10.50 s
Response starts
0.69 s
Output speed
51.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.76 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.2 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.82%
Context
262.1K
#2Provider / route
Inceptroninceptron/int4
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.576667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
30.26 s
Response starts
2.48 s
Output speed
18.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.66 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.41 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
98.75%
Context
262.1K
#3Provider / route
Decartdecart/fp4
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.576667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
15.21 s
Response starts
5.78 s
Output speed
53.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.66 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.41 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
96.76%
Context
262.1K
#4Provider / route
Baidu Qianfanbaidu/fp4
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.596 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
14.90 s
Response starts
1.01 s
Output speed
36.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.684 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.42 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
#5Provider / route
ModelRunmodelrun/fp4
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.6 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
3.57 s
Response starts
0.28 s
Output speed
152.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.7 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
98.67%
Context
262.1K
#6Provider / route
Chuteschutes/int4
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.606667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
49.01 s
Response starts
7.34 s
Output speed
12.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.66 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.5 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
79.11%
Context
262.1K
#7Provider / route
SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.646667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
15.29 s
Response starts
1.78 s
Output speed
37.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.77 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.97%
Context
262.1K
#8Provider / route
Parasailparasail/int4
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.666667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
8.21 s
Response starts
0.75 s
Output speed
67.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.75 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.5 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.86%
Context
262.1K
#9Provider / route
Venicevenice/int4
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.666667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
7.68 s
Response starts
1.02 s
Output speed
75.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.75 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.5 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.66%
Context
256K
#10Provider / route
DeepInfradeepinfra/fp4
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.666667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
6.34 s
Response starts
0.72 s
Output speed
89.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.75 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.5 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
#11Provider / route
NovitaAInovita
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.666667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
21.48 s
Response starts
2.25 s
Output speed
26.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.8 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.90%
Context
262.1K
#12Provider / route
StreamLakestreamlake/fp8
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.77 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
19.83 s
Response starts
1.98 s
Output speed
28.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.855 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.6 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
98.57%
Context
256K
#13Provider / route
AtlasCloudatlas-cloud/int4
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.966667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
22.81 s
Response starts
1.98 s
Output speed
24.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
96.92%
Context
262.1K
#14Provider / route
Moonshot AImoonshotai/int4
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.966667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
25.57 s
Response starts
1.76 s
Output speed
21.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
#15Provider / route
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.966667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
4.33 s
Response starts
0.33 s
Output speed
125.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.98%
Context
262.1K
#16Provider / route
Cloudflarecloudflare
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.966667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
11.70 s
Response starts
0.59 s
Output speed
45.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
#17Provider / route
Basetenbaseten/fp4
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.966667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
5.24 s
Response starts
1.07 s
Output speed
120.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
262K
#18Provider / route
Fireworksfireworks
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$1.966667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
11.18 s
Response starts
0.77 s
Output speed
48.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
262.1K
#19Provider / route
Phalaphala
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$2.26 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
27.94 s
Response starts
1.62 s
Output speed
19.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$1.09 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4.6 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
262.1K
#20Provider / route
Togethertogether
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$2.3 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
5.55 s
Response starts
0.55 s
Output speed
100.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$1.2 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4.5 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
93.14%
Context
262.1K

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Kimi K2.6 endpoint guide

How to interpret the Cheapest Kimi K2.6 Inference Providers

20 of 20 Kimi K2.6 endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. DigitalOcean leads at $1.573333 / 1M tokens via digitalocean. The table keeps unranked routes visible so missing measurements do not look like missing provider availability.

How estimated token cost is ranked

The cheapest ranking uses a 1,000-input/500-output-token ratio and reports the blended result per 1 million total tokens. Because providers can price input and output differently, a workload with a different token ratio may produce a different order.

Compare DigitalOcean with the next option

Inceptron currently ranks second at $1.576667 / 1M tokens. Compare that gap with input and output price, response-start time, output speed, 30-minute uptime, context length, and the exact route before deciding whether first place is meaningful for your workload.

Use the route, not only the provider name

Kimi K2.6 has 20 published provider options, and performance data is matched to each exact OpenRouter routing tag. Different quantization, context, regional deployment, or provider configuration can change price and behavior even when the underlying model name is identical.