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Kimi K2.6 token cost calculator

Kimi K2.6 first-party rates for long-context coding and knowledge work below K3.

Published list rates

Input

$0.95

per 1M tokens

Output

$4.00

per 1M tokens

Context window

256,000

tokens

Pricing source: Moonshot Kimi platform

Token cost calculator

List prices are stored in US dollars. Conversions use the units-per-dollar exchange-rate snapshot last checked 2026-07-31

Estimate from text

Calculate from a token total

Project monthly volume

Uses the input/output mix above and a 30-day month: requests per day × tokens per request × 30.

Estimated cost

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Cost by token volume

Compare input-only, output-only, and 70/30 mixed workloads from one token to 100 billion. Intermediate bands make smaller production steps easier to price.

Tokens Input only Output only 70/30 mix
1 $0.00000095 $0.000004 $0.000002
10 $0.00001 $0.00004 $0.000019
100 $0.000095 $0.0004 $0.000186
200 $0.00019 $0.0008 $0.000373
300 $0.000285 $0.0012 $0.00056
400 $0.00038 $0.0016 $0.000746
500 $0.000475 $0.002 $0.000933
1,000 $0.00095 $0.004 $0.001865
2,000 $0.0019 $0.008 $0.00373
5,000 $0.00475 $0.02 $0.009325
10,000 $0.0095 $0.04 $0.01865
25,000 $0.02375 $0.1 $0.04663
50,000 $0.0475 $0.2 $0.09325
100,000 $0.095 $0.4 $0.1865
250,000 $0.2375 $1.00 $0.46625
500,000 $0.475 $2.00 $0.9325
1,000,000 $0.95 $4.00 $1.865
5,000,000 $4.75 $20.00 $9.325
10,000,000 $9.50 $40.00 $18.65
50,000,000 $47.50 $200.00 $93.25
100,000,000 $95.00 $400.00 $186.50
500,000,000 $475.00 $2,000.00 $932.50
1,000,000,000 $950.00 $4,000.00 $1,865.00
10,000,000,000 $9,500.00 $40,000.00 $18,650.00
100,000,000,000 $95,000.00 $400,000.00 $186,500.00

Tokens available by budget

See how many tokens a fixed budget buys at the published rates. Display-currency values use the current exchange-rate snapshot shown on the page.

Budget Input tokens Output tokens Mixed tokens (70/30)
$0.01 10,526 2,500 5,362
$0.1 105,263 25,000 53,619
$0.5 526,316 125,000 268,097
$1.00 1.05M 250,000 536,193
$5.00 5.26M 1.25M 2.68M
$10.00 10.5M 2.5M 5.36M
$20.00 21.1M 5M 10.7M
$25.00 26.3M 6.25M 13.4M
$30.00 31.6M 7.5M 16.1M
$50.00 52.6M 12.5M 26.8M
$100.00 105.3M 25M 53.6M
$250.00 263.2M 62.5M 134M
$500.00 526.3M 125M 268.1M
$1,000.00 1.05B 250M 536.2M
$5,000.00 5.26B 1.25B 2.68B
$10,000.00 10.5B 2.5B 5.36B

Cost profile

  • A workload with 70% input and 30% output costs $1.865 per 1 million total tokens and $186.50 per 100 million.
  • At the same token count, output costs 4.21 times the input rate. Response length therefore deserves its own budget limit.
  • Filling the 256,000-token context window with input alone would cost about $0.2432, before any output.

About Moonshot AI

Kimi models with million-token context and first-party cache-aware pricing. The Kimi K2.6 page covers this meter in detail; the Moonshot AI hub gathers the rest of the lineup with a pricing table, list-rate ranges, and calculators side by side.

See all Moonshot AI models and the pricing table

How the text estimate works

For rough planning, CostUse uses about four characters per token and about 0.75 words per token. Actual tokenization changes with language, model, formatting, and special tokens.

These results use public list prices. Cache eligibility, batch or priority modes, long-context surcharges, discounts, and regional billing can change the final invoice.

Questions about this rate

How much is 1 million mixed tokens on Kimi K2.6?

About $1.865 at a 70% input / 30% output mix using list prices verified 2026-07-30.

How much are 100 million mixed tokens?

About $186.50 at the same 70/30 mix — useful for rough monthly volume planning.

What is the Kimi K2.6 price per million input and output tokens?

Input $0.95 and output $4.00 per 1M tokens (USD list rates). Use the calculator above with your real token mix.

Is the text-to-token estimate exact?

No. The estimator approximates tokens from characters and words. Real bills depend on the provider tokenizer, special tokens, and discounts (cache, batch, priority).

What does cost per token mean, and why is output usually more expensive?

Providers charge for tokens processed. Output tokens (generated replies) often cost several times more than input tokens (your prompt), so completion length can dominate the bill.

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