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MoonshotAI: Kimi K3
moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715Hugging Face ↗
Kimi K3 is a 2.8T parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Moonshot AI. It is suited for complex coding, knowledge work, and long-horizon agentic workflows, and is particularly strong at...
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 usage over time
OpenRouter share of tokens, by day.
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 holds 1.88% today, up from 0.75% at the start of the visible window.
Rank history
Adoption curve vs the pantheon
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3's share plotted against days since first tracked, overlaid on other current leaders on the same axis. The question every new-model page asks: is this one going to make it?
Citable stat
As of 2026-09-01, MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 holds 1.9% of OpenRouter token share, down 0.54pp over 30 days. Source: Tidelines (OpenRouter).
Cost per session
Median dollars spent on one MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 session, by coding agent and session length.
Token rate sets the price; session length and reasoning set the bill.
| Agent | 1 turn | 2–9 turns | 10–49 turns | 50+ turns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | $0.073 | $0.164 | $1.06 | $6.34 |
| Kilo Code | $0.052 | $0.233 | $1.05 | $5.77 |
| Hermes Agent | $0.055 | $0.160 | $0.829 | $4.69 |
| Codex | $0.029 | — | — | — |
Where to run it
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 pricing by provider
Per-provider pricing, context, and uptime via OpenRouter. Sorted by output price.
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 is served by 18 tracked endpoints on OpenRouter. The cheapest output price is $12.75 per million tokens from Makora, and the most expensive is $22.50 from Morph · 1049k. The largest context window offered is 1049k tokens. Prices are list rates and refresh daily.
| Provider | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makora | $2.55 | $12.75 | 1049k | 99.38% |
| Wafer | $3.00 | $12.75 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| Sail Research | $2.60 | $13.00 | 975k | 98.31% |
| Morph · 1049k | $2.80 | $14.00 | 1049k | 100.00% |
| DeepInfra | $2.85 | $14.25 | 1049k | 92.74% |
| DigitalOcean | $2.85 | $14.25 | 1049k | 99.91% |
| Phala | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1049k | 96.60% |
| Chutes | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1049k | 99.54% |
| Parasail | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1049k | 96.90% |
| Modal | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1049k | 99.98% |
| Together | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1049k | 99.98% |
| Fireworks · 1049k | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1049k | 99.86% |
| BaseTen | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1049k | 90.21% |
| Moonshot AI | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1049k | 99.90% |
| Fireworks · 1049k | $3.30 | $16.50 | 1049k | 99.54% |
| Alibaba | $3.45 | $17.25 | 1049k | 88.68% |
| Fireworks · 1049k | $4.50 | $22.50 | 1049k | 93.55% |
| Morph · 1049k | $6.00 | $22.50 | 1049k | 100.00% |