Kimi K2.6 (Inceptron) API
Inceptron · serves kimi-k2.6
Pricing
| Input / 1M | $0.52 |
|---|---|
| Output / 1M | $2.87 |
| Blended / 1M | $3.386 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.11 |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens |
| Max output | 235,929 tokens |
| License | Open weights · Modified MIT conditional |
| Knowledge cutoff | ≈ April 2026 · third-party estimate, its maker publishes none |
| Intelligence index | 45.1 Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · source |
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Price verified 2026-09-15 (0 days ago) · sourcecorroborated
Sources
| Source | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $0.52 | $2.87 | 2026-09-15 |
| LiteLLM | $0.65 | $3.41 | 2026-09-14 |
| models.dev | $0.60 | $3.05 | 2026-09-14 |
| Together | $1.20 | $4.50 | 2026-09-14 |
Two independent sources agree within 20%.
Cheaper providers for kimi-k2.6
| Provider | Blended / 1M | Endpoint |
|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | $2.97 | view → |
| StreamLake | $3.119 | view → |
Compare all 19 providers serving kimi-k2.6 →
Call it
Served via OpenRouter, pinned to Inceptron — the provider these prices are resolved from. Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY. Provider page.
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "moonshotai/kimi-k2.6",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
"provider": {"only": ["Inceptron"], "allow_fallbacks": false}
}'from openai import OpenAI # pip install openai
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key="...", # OPENROUTER_API_KEY
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="moonshotai/kimi-k2.6",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
extra_body={"provider": {"only": ["Inceptron"], "allow_fallbacks": false}},
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Price unchanged since 2026-09-15 — 1 point on record.
Use this data
Raw JSON for this page: kimi-k2.6.json. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to apipriceindex.com.