Speed
Output tokens / second
Custom pricing for production workloads
Kimi K3 API is Moonshot AI's multimodal model with a 1M token context window, vision, reasoning, tool calling, and web search, built for long-context and agentic workflows.
Kimi K3 is a chat model from Moonshot AI for text, image and file inputs, with reasoning, tool calling and structured text output.
moonshot/kimi-k3https://api.aimlapi.com/v1Kimi K3 is documented as suited to long-horizon coding, including work across large repositories and long-running engineering tasks. It is also documented for knowledge work, especially workflows that require sustained context across large documents and related materials. The model is documented for deep reasoning tasks and reasoning-heavy workflows. It is additionally documented for visual understanding and multimodal document or image analysis.
See how Kimi K3 compares in generation speed and latency. Data retrieved Nov 3, 2026.
Output tokens / second
Compare 8 models available on AI/ML API across 5 independent benchmarks.
Expert-written questions across academic subjects.
Graduate-level science questions written to resist web search.
Agentic tasks completed in a command-line environment.
Reasoning across long documents of about 100k tokens.
Python coding tasks drawn from scientific research.
| Usage | Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $3 | 1M tokens |
| Output | $15 | 1M tokens |
| Cached input | $0.3 | 1M tokens |
Prices from the AI/ML API price list, checked on Nov 4, 2026.
AI/ML API input and output rates for 5 models, per million tokens.
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| $3 | $15 | |
| $0.95 | $4 | |
| $1.9 | $8 | |
| $2 | $10 | |
| $4 | $20 |
Give your agent the model details, code and documentation.
export AIMLAPI_KEY="8f2b4c7d9a1e6b3f…"curl 'https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"model": "moonshot/kimi-k3",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
}
]
}'import os
import requests
headers = {
"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AIMLAPI_KEY']}",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
"model": "moonshot/kimi-k3",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
}
]
}
response = requests.post("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=120)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())const response = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"model": "moonshot/kimi-k3",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
}
]
}),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.json());Kimi K3 has a 1,000,000 tokens context window and can return up to 128,000 tokens.
Kimi K3 takes text, image, file in as input and returns text out.
Use moonshot/kimi-k3 as the model id.
Kimi K3 became available on July 16, 2026.
Kimi K3 costs $3 input and $15 output per 1M tokens on AI/ML API, billed as you go with no subscription.
Yes, Kimi K3 can stream responses as they are generated.
Yes, Kimi K3 accepts image input alongside text.
Kimi K3 was built by Moonshot AI.
Kimi K3 offers reasoning, function calling, vision, web search, structured outputs, and streaming, making it useful for tasks that combine text and image understanding with tool use and search integration.
Yes, Kimi K3 supports parallel tool calling.