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Kimi API pricing

Kimi K3, by Moonshot AI, on one OpenAI-compatible API, billed per token from a prepaid balance — no subscription. From €0.4536 per 100k input tokens and €2.268 per 100k output tokens, margin and VAT included. It is served as fast access, through US providers — flagged before you call.

Models live
1
Input from
€0.4536
per 100k tokens
Output from
€2.268
per 100k tokens
Largest context
1M
Kimi K3

Kimi API pricing per model

per 100k tokens · margin and VAT included · from our live catalog when this page is built

ModelInputOutputCached inContextMax outputJurisdiction
Kimi K3
kimi-k3tools
€0.4536€2.2680€0.04541M—Fast access (US)
Kimi K3 — EU sovereign variant
kimi-k3-souveraincoming soon
———1M—EU sovereign

Input, output and cached input are the prices debited from your prepaid balance per 100,000 tokens, margin and VAT included. Context is the window as served on Frontière AI; max output is the provider's cap on max_tokens (— when it sets none we know of). Tool calling is measured with a real call per model.

Kimi API cost calculator

Pick a model and a workload, or type your own token counts: the estimate uses the prices in the table above, margin and VAT included.

Example workload

Roughly 1,000 tokens ≈ 750 English words.

Per request

€0.0147

Per day

€14.74

Per month

€442.26

30 days

A €10 top-up covers about 678 requests · Kimi K3

Where the money goes

  • Input€204.12 · 46%
  • Output€238.14 · 54%

Estimate, margin and VAT included, from the prices on this page. You are billed on the tokens the provider reports for each call, debited from a prepaid balance — no subscription.

Call Kimi models

The API is OpenAI-compatible: keep your SDK, change base_url and the key, and pass the model id. One key covers the whole catalog.

curl https://getfrontiereai.eu/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FRONTIERE_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "kimi-k3",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Bonjour"}]
  }'
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Frequently asked

How much does the Kimi API cost?

Kimi K3 costs €0.4536 per 100,000 input tokens and €2.268 per 100,000 output tokens on Frontière AI — margin and VAT included, that is the amount debited from your prepaid balance. The calculator on this page turns it into a monthly cost for your workload.

Which Kimi model has the largest context window?

Kimi K3, with 1M tokens of context as served on Frontière AI.

Is the Kimi API hosted in Europe on Frontière AI?

No. Kimi K3 is served by US providers, subject to the CLOUD Act even in an EU region: labeled fast access, never sovereign, and flagged by the API before you call.

Is there a subscription or a minimum spend?

No subscription. You top up a prepaid balance from €10 and each call is debited at the per-token price. Calls are refused once the balance reaches zero; a call already running can take it slightly below — deducted from your next top-up.

Do I need to change my code to call Kimi models?

No, if your code already uses an OpenAI SDK: point base_url at https://getfrontiereai.eu/api/v1, use a Frontière AI key and pass the model id, for example “kimi-k3”. Streaming and tool calling are relayed as-is.

How are cached input tokens billed?

Kimi K3 has a discounted rate for prompt tokens the provider serves from its cache (€0.0454 per 100k tokens on Kimi K3). The provider reports these tokens on each call and we bill them at that rate; on a model without a cache rate, every input token is billed at the input rate.

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