Kimi is free to start, with paid plans from $19 a month. This page explains what each plan costs, what you get, where the limits are, and how the separate API pricing works. Prices are in US dollars.
Five plans. Each step up gives you more credits and more features.
The Adagio plan costs $0 and needs no credit card. It covers everyday chat.
Four paid plans: $19, $39, $99 and $199. Yearly billing saves about 20%.
Developers top up from $1 and pay per token. It is not part of any plan.
These are for using Kimi on the web and in the apps. The plans are named after musical tempos, from slow to fast.
"Agent credits" are Kimi's rough guide to how many average tasks the monthly allowance covers. Real use depends on the size of each task. Dollar prices and plan details are Kimi's international ones, as collected for this site. When we looked again on 8 October 2026, Kimi's help pages showed only the mainland China plans, so confirm the details on kimi.com before you pay.
| Feature | Adagio | Moderato | Allegretto | Allegro | Vivace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per month | $0 | $19 | $39 | $99 | $199 |
| Per year | Free | $180 | $372 | $948 | $1,908 |
| Everyday chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kimi K3 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Agent credits a month | About 6 | About 60 | About 150 | About 360 | About 720 |
| Tasks at once | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Agent Swarm uses | No | 25 | 50 | 120 | 240 |
| Kimi Code | No | 1× credits | 5× and HighSpeed | 15× | 30× |
| Kimi Claw | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Data lookups a month | 200 | 2,000 | 5,000 | 12,000 | 24,000 |
| Priority at busy times | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
On a small screen, swipe the table sideways to see every column.
Kimi's help centre describes the full 1 million token window of Kimi K3 as a benefit of the higher plans. If you are paying mainly for very long files, confirm which plan includes it before you buy.
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A simple guide, not a rule. Nothing you choose is saved or sent anywhere.
Credits are the main limit on every plan. Think of them as a monthly budget for Kimi's heavier work.
Agent tasks, Kimi K3, Deep Research, Slides, Websites, Kimi Code and Kimi Claw all draw from the same pool, counted by how much work each task takes.
Credits refresh each billing cycle. Unused credits expire. They do not carry over to the next month.
If a task fails because of a fault on Kimi's side, its credits are normally returned.
Kimi gives two rough figures for the $19 Moderato plan. We used them to estimate the other plans.
| If you used credits only for | Adagio | Moderato | Allegretto | Allegro | Vivace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Research reports | About 1 | 10 to 20 | 25 to 50 | 60 to 120 | 120 to 240 |
| Simple slide decks | A few | 50 to 100 | 125 to 250 | 300 to 600 | 600 to 1,200 |
On a small screen, swipe the table sideways to see every column.
Kimi says one Deep Research report uses about 5 to 10% of Moderato's monthly credits and a simple slide deck about 1 to 2%. The Moderato column comes straight from that. The other columns are our own sums, scaled by each plan's credits, so treat them as a rough guide. Big tasks, websites and long coding sessions use far more.
The API is for building Kimi into your own app. There is no monthly fee and no free tier. You top up a balance from $1 and pay per token. A token is a small piece of a word.
| Model | Input, per million tokens | Output, per million tokens | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | Hardest jobs |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | $0.95 | $4.00 | Coding |
| K2.7 Code HighSpeed | $1.90 | $8.00 | Fast coding |
| Kimi K2.6 | $0.95 | $4.00 | General use |
On a small screen, swipe the table sideways to see every column.
List prices, before tax and without cache discounts. Kimi's thinking counts as output, so hard questions cost more than the text you see. Repeated input is cheaper: Kimi K3 charges $0.30 per million tokens for input it has seen before.
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Upgrade only when you hit the free plan's limits.
Move to yearly billing only once you know you will keep using it.
Keep credits for the tasks that need an agent.
One clear request costs less than five rounds of small fixes.
On the API, use Kimi K2.6 for routine work and Kimi K3 for hard jobs.
A plan and the API are separate. Buy only the one you need.
Not sure whether you need a plan or the API? See plan or API: how to choose.
Kimi's help pages say a plan generally cannot be refunded once it is bought and active. Upgrades are adjusted for the days you have left.
Moonshot paused new paid sign-ups for a time in July 2026 when demand was very high. If a plan shows as sold out, try again later.
Plans in mainland China have different names and prices in yuan. The dollar prices here are the international ones. Tax may be added at checkout.