Kimi K2.5: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Kimi K2.5 costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $2.25 per 1M output tokens, with a 262.1K context window. Mid-priced: dearer than 53% of this rating. Recorded for vision, reasoning, open weights.

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Capabilities
Text & chatVisionReasoning
API $/1M (in / out)
$0.45 / $2.25
Context window
262.1K tokens
Price / mo
API only
OverviewReviews

Kimi K2.5 is an AI model from Moonshot AI, priced at $0.45 input and $2.25 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the mid tier of this rating — dearer than 53% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 262.1K tokens in a single conversation. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, vision, reasoning, tool calling, structured JSON output. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$0.45 / $2.25per 1M tokens, in / out
Context262.1K tokenstokens per conversation
VendorMoonshot AIall models from this vendor
TierMiddearer than 53% of models

Cost calculator

Standard$1.80AED 7 per month
With batch −50%$0.90AED 3 per month
With caching on input$1.70AED 6 per month
Standard$18.00AED 66 per month
With batch −50%$9.00AED 33 per month
With caching on input$16.99AED 62 per month
Standard$90.00AED 331 per month
With batch −50%$45.00AED 165 per month
With caching on input$84.94AED 312 per month
Standard$360AED 1,322 per month
With batch −50%$180AED 661 per month
With caching on input$340AED 1,248 per month

Assumes a 1:3 input-to-output ratio, which is typical for chat and generation. Dirham figures use 3.6725 per dollar. Batch and caching discounts apply where the vendor offers them.

Compared with alternatives

How Kimi K2.5 sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

Qwen3.6 27B
Cheaper
Alibaba (Qwen)
$0.3 / $2262.1K tokens
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Closest match
Alibaba (Qwen)
$0.29 / $2.4262.1K tokens
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Step up
Alibaba (Qwen)
$0.29 / $2.4262.1K tokens

Good and poor fit

Good fit
  • Multi-step analysis, planning and code review, where the first plausible answer is often wrong.
  • Reading screenshots, charts, scanned documents and photos.

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Reasoning175 models that think before answering
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Frequently asked questions

How much does Kimi K2.5 cost?

$0.45 / $2.25 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 1.65 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of Kimi K2.5?

262.1K tokens in a single conversation.

What can Kimi K2.5 do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, vision, reasoning, tool calling, structured JSON output, prompt caching, batch API, multilingual, open weights.

Is Kimi K2.5 a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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