Moonshotai: Kimi K3
moonshotai/kimi-k3
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 navigating large repositories, using tools, debugging, and iterating against images, logs, tests, and runtime feedback. Its architecture uses KDA and Attention Residuals for computational efficiency.
Model specifications
- Input
- text, image
- Output
- text
- Context
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Max output
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Input price
- $1.5 / 1M tokens
- Output price
- $7.5 / 1M tokens
- Released
- 2026-07-17
Capabilities
- Streaming
- Function calling
- Vision
- JSON mode
Provider pricing, discounts and data privacy
Compare effective provider prices, published discounts, regions, retention policies, training use, compliance, and privacy links by service tier.
Flex service tier
1 available provider · discounts up to 50% · tier input average $1.4135 / 1M tokens · tier output average $7.0665 / 1M tokens
Alibaba Cloud Int.(CN)
Tier: Flex · Region: CN · Quantization: int4
Pricing
- Input
- $1.4135 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $7.0665 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.1415 / 1M tokens
Discounts
- Input: 50% off — list $2.827 / 1M tokens, discounted $1.4135 / 1M tokens, effective $1.4135 / 1M tokens
- Cache read: 50% off — list $0.283 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.1415 / 1M tokens, effective $0.1415 / 1M tokens
- Output: 50% off — list $14.133 / 1M tokens, discounted $7.0665 / 1M tokens, effective $7.0665 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
- Region
- CN
- Zero data retention
- Yes
- Data retention
- 60-day retention
- Used for training
- No
- Data collection
- Moderated
- No
- GDPR compliant
- Yes
- HIPAA compliant
- No
- SOC 2 certified
- Yes
- BYOK supported
- Yes
Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support
Standard service tier
5 available providers · discounts up to 50% · tier input average $1.7481 / 1M tokens · tier output average $8.7399 / 1M tokens
Alibaba Cloud Int.(EU)
Tier: Standard · Region: EU · Quantization: int4
Pricing
- Input
- $1.4135 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $7.0665 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.1415 / 1M tokens
Discounts
- Input: 50% off — list $2.827 / 1M tokens, discounted $1.4135 / 1M tokens, effective $1.4135 / 1M tokens
- Cache read: 50% off — list $0.283 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.1415 / 1M tokens, effective $0.1415 / 1M tokens
- Output: 50% off — list $14.133 / 1M tokens, discounted $7.0665 / 1M tokens, effective $7.0665 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
- Region
- EU
- Zero data retention
- Yes
- Data retention
- 30-day retention
- Used for training
- No
- Data collection
- Moderated
- No
- GDPR compliant
- Yes
- HIPAA compliant
- No
- SOC 2 certified
- Yes
- BYOK supported
- No
Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support
Alibaba Cloud Int.(HK)
Tier: Standard · Region: HK · Quantization: int4
Pricing
- Input
- $1.4135 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $7.0665 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.1415 / 1M tokens
Discounts
- Input: 50% off — list $2.827 / 1M tokens, discounted $1.4135 / 1M tokens, effective $1.4135 / 1M tokens
- Cache read: 50% off — list $0.283 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.1415 / 1M tokens, effective $0.1415 / 1M tokens
- Output: 50% off — list $14.133 / 1M tokens, discounted $7.0665 / 1M tokens, effective $7.0665 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
- Region
- HK
- Zero data retention
- Yes
- Data retention
- 30-day retention
- Used for training
- No
- Data collection
- Moderated
- No
- GDPR compliant
- Yes
- HIPAA compliant
- No
- SOC 2 certified
- Yes
- BYOK supported
- No
Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support
Alibaba Cloud Int.(JP)
Tier: Standard · Region: JP · Quantization: int4
Pricing
- Input
- $1.4135 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $7.0665 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.1415 / 1M tokens
Discounts
- Input: 50% off — list $2.827 / 1M tokens, discounted $1.4135 / 1M tokens, effective $1.4135 / 1M tokens
- Cache read: 50% off — list $0.283 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.1415 / 1M tokens, effective $0.1415 / 1M tokens
- Output: 50% off — list $14.133 / 1M tokens, discounted $7.0665 / 1M tokens, effective $7.0665 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
- Region
- JP
- Zero data retention
- Yes
- Data retention
- 30-day retention
- Used for training
- No
- Data collection
- Moderated
- No
- GDPR compliant
- Yes
- HIPAA compliant
- No
- SOC 2 certified
- Yes
- BYOK supported
- No
Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support
Alibaba Cloud Int.(SG)
Tier: Standard · Region: SG · Quantization: int4
Pricing
- Input
- $1.5 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $7.5 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.15 / 1M tokens
Discounts
- Input: 50% off — list $3 / 1M tokens, discounted $1.5 / 1M tokens, effective $1.5 / 1M tokens
- Cache read: 50% off — list $0.3 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.15 / 1M tokens, effective $0.15 / 1M tokens
- Output: 50% off — list $15 / 1M tokens, discounted $7.5 / 1M tokens, effective $7.5 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
- Region
- SG
- Zero data retention
- Yes
- Data retention
- 30-day retention
- Used for training
- No
- Data collection
- Moderated
- No
- GDPR compliant
- Yes
- HIPAA compliant
- No
- SOC 2 certified
- Yes
- BYOK supported
- Yes
Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support
Moonshot AI
Tier: Standard · Region: SG · Quantization: int4
Pricing
- Input
- $3 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $15 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.3 / 1M tokens
No provider discount is currently published.
Data privacy and compliance
- Region
- SG
- Zero data retention
- No
- Data retention
- Unknown retention
- Used for training
- Yes
- Data collection
- Moderated
- No
- GDPR compliant
- No
- HIPAA compliant
- No
- SOC 2 certified
- No
- BYOK supported
- No
Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support
Priority service tier
1 available provider · tier input average $3.75 / 1M tokens · tier output average $18.75 / 1M tokens
Fireworks
Tier: Priority · Region: US
Pricing
- Input
- $3.75 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $18.75 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.375 / 1M tokens
No provider discount is currently published.
Data privacy and compliance
- Region
- US
- Zero data retention
- No
- Data retention
- Zero retention
- Used for training
- No
- Data collection
- Moderated
- No
- GDPR compliant
- No
- HIPAA compliant
- No
- SOC 2 certified
- No
- BYOK supported
- No
Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status
Frequently asked questions
- What is Moonshotai: Kimi K3?
- 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 navigating large repositories, using tools, debugging, and iterating against images, logs, tests, and runtime feedback. Its architecture uses KDA and Attention Residuals for computational efficiency.
- How much does Moonshotai: Kimi K3 cost?
- Input costs start at $1.5 / 1M tokens and output costs start at $7.5 / 1M tokens. Provider-level prices vary by service tier.
- Are provider discounts available for Moonshotai: Kimi K3?
- Yes. Current provider offers include discounts of up to 50% from list price. The provider table shows list, discounted, and effective prices.
- What is the context length of Moonshotai: Kimi K3?
- Moonshotai: Kimi K3 supports a 1,048,576 token context window and up to 1,048,576 output tokens.
- What capabilities does Moonshotai: Kimi K3 support?
- Moonshotai: Kimi K3 supports Streaming, Function calling, Vision, JSON mode.
- Which providers offer Moonshotai: Kimi K3?
- Moonshotai: Kimi K3 is available from Alibaba Cloud Int.(CN), Alibaba Cloud Int.(EU), Alibaba Cloud Int.(HK), Alibaba Cloud Int.(JP), Alibaba Cloud Int.(SG), Moonshot AI, Fireworks.
- How do providers handle data privacy for Moonshotai: Kimi K3?
- 7 of 7 providers report that customer data is not used for training, and 5 offer zero-data-retention routing. Retention, compliance, and privacy-policy links are listed per provider.