Kimi-K2-Instruct
Summary
Kimi-K2-Instruct is an open-weight language model from Moonshot AI, released on 14 Jul 2025. It accepts text and generates text, with a 131K-token context window and up to 16K output tokens per response. As of 17 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.57 per million input tokens and $2.30 per million output tokens (Novita AI), across 2 providers we track.
Kimi model for long-context chat, coding, and agentic reasoning
Last verified 17 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Moonshot AI |
|---|---|
| Release date | 14 Jul 2025 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Open weights [models.dev] |
| Context window | 131K (131,072 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 16K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | Oct 2024 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | No [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | Yes [models.dev] |
Kimi-K2-Instruct API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novita AI moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct | $0.57 | $2.30 | – | 131K | models.dev, 17 Oct 2026 |
| Hugging Face Inference Providers moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct | $1 | $3 | – | 131K | models.dev, 17 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Kimi-K2-Instruct?
Kimi-K2-Instruct has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K) and can generate up to 16,384 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the Kimi-K2-Instruct API cost?
Kimi-K2-Instruct is listed from $0.57 per million input tokens and $2.30 per million output tokens (Novita AI). Prices last verified 17 Oct 2026.
Is Kimi-K2-Instruct open source?
Kimi-K2-Instruct is an open-weight model. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was Kimi-K2-Instruct released?
Moonshot AI released Kimi-K2-Instruct on 14 Jul 2025, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer Kimi-K2-Instruct?
We track Kimi-K2-Instruct on 2 providers: Novita AI, Hugging Face Inference Providers.
Change history
- Added to the directory
- Now listed on Novita AI
- Now listed on Hugging Face Inference Providers