Moonshotai model

Kimi K3

Kimi K3 is a Moonshotai model listed in the NextModel catalogue for image understanding, multimodal chat workloads. Its listed price is $2.95 / 1M tokens input and $14.71 / 1M tokens output, with a 1M token context window.

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MoonshotaiPlatform curatedCatalog
ThinkingVision
Input price$2.95 / 1M tokens
Output price$14.71 / 1M tokens
Context length1M tokens
Max output8.2k tokens

What is Kimi K3 in NextModel?

Kimi K3 is a Moonshotai model listed in the NextModel catalogue for image understanding, multimodal chat workloads. Its listed price is $2.95 / 1M tokens input and $14.71 / 1M tokens output, with a 1M token context window.

Kimi K3 via NextModel: 1M-token context; $2.95 / 1M tokens in / $14.71 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.

Best use cases

  • image understanding
  • multimodal chat

OpenAI-compatible code example

request.sh
curl https://api.nextmodel.app/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NEXTMODEL_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model":"moonshotai/kimi-k3","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Reply with OK."}]}'

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