Moonshot AI: kimi-for-coding
kimi-for-coding is a reasoning model from Moonshot AI released on Sep 11, 2026. It reads text, images and video and writes text, with a 1.05M token context window and up to 33K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0 per million input tokens and $0 per million output tokens.
It supports tool calling and prompt caching.
2 providers serve it, including Kimi For Coding (kimi.ai) and Kimi For Coding (kimi.com).
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0 / $0 per 1M
- Context
- 1.05M
- Max output
- 33K
- Released
- Sep 11, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
kimi-for-coding pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache write | $0 / 1M tokens |
kimi-for-coding providers
2 providers serve it, including Kimi For Coding (kimi.ai) and Kimi For Coding (kimi.com). Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi For Coding (kimi.ai) | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1.05M | 33K |
| Kimi For Coding (kimi.com) | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1.05M | 33K |
What kimi-for-coding costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call kimi-for-coding through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Reasoning
reasoning
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kimi-for-coding questions
How much does the kimi-for-coding API cost?
$0 per million input tokens and $0 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of kimi-for-coding?
1,048,576 tokens of input, and it can write up to 32,768 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve kimi-for-coding?
2 providers serve it, including Kimi For Coding (kimi.ai) and Kimi For Coding (kimi.com). Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does kimi-for-coding support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is kimi-for-coding open source?
No. Moonshot AI serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.
When was kimi-for-coding released?
Sep 11, 2026.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on kimi-for-coding?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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