KimiK3 MaxKimi K3 Pricing & API
Official token pricing and a calculator to estimate your real spend.
Official API pricing
| Tier | Price per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Cache-hit input | $0.30 |
| Cache-miss input | $3.00 |
| Output | $15.00 |
Estimate your cost
Use the Kimi K3 Token Cost Calculator to model spend from your input/output volumes and cache-hit ratio.
How to get API access
Select kimi-k3 on the Kimi API Platform. See the API guide for request formats and tips.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does the Kimi K3 API cost?
Official pricing is $0.30 per million cache-hit input tokens, $3.00 per million cache-miss input tokens, and $15.00 per million output tokens.
Does caching reduce Kimi K3 cost?
Yes. Cache-hit input is $0.30/MTok versus $3.00/MTok for cache-miss input. The official API reports cache hit rates above 90% on coding workloads.
Is Kimi K3 cheaper than GPT-5.6 Sol?
K3's list prices are close to Claude Sonnet 5's standard rate and roughly in line with frontier Western models — no longer the budget option K2 was.