MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Pricing, context window and lifecycle for moonshotai/kimi-k2.6, tracked from what the vendor publishes.

Price per million tokens

Input	$0.600
Output	$3.41
Cache read	$0.200

Facts

Model ID	moonshotai/kimi-k2.6
Vendor	Moonshot
Context window	262,144 tokens
Knowledge cutoff	-
End of life	none published

Supported parameters

frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, parallel_tool_calls, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p

Other Moonshot models

moonshotai/kimi-k2 $0.570 in / $2.30 out
moonshotai/kimi-k2-0905 $0.600 in / $2.50 out
moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking $0.600 in / $2.50 out
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 $0.570 in / $2.85 out
moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code $0.730 in / $3.50 out
moonshotai/kimi-k3 $3.00 in / $15.00 out

Change history

Every change we have observed since tracking began.

Detected	Change	Detail
2026-08-01 15:13	Pricing Change	Output $2.48 -> $3.41 (+37.5%) · Cache read $0.099 -> $0.200 (+101.6%) · Input $0.589 -> $0.600 (+1.9%)
2026-08-01 01:02	Pricing Change	Output $4.00 -> $2.48 (-38.0%) · Cache read $0.160 -> $0.099 (-38.0%) · Input $0.950 -> $0.589 (-38.0%)
2026-07-30 19:10	Pricing Change	Output $2.72 -> $4.00 (+47.1%) · Cache read $0.109 -> $0.160 (+47.1%) · Input $0.646 -> $0.950 (+47.1%)