MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
moonshotai/kimi-k2.6Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's general-purpose multimodal model, taking text, image and video input with both thinking and non-thinking modes and a 256K-token context. Moonshot highlights more reliable long-horizon coding across languages such as Rust, Go and Python and tasks like frontend, DevOps and performance optimization, along with stronger instruction following, self-correction and autonomous agent execution. Choose Kimi K3 for flagship-level work with a 1M context.
- Input price
- $0.95USD / 1M tokens
- Output price
- $4.00USD / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.16USD / 1M tokens
- Context window
- 262.1K
- Max output
- 32.8K
Specifications
- Input
- Text, image
- Output
- Text
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OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/chat/completions" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "moonshotai/kimi-k2.6",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Hello"
}
],
"max_tokens": 2048
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
printf '%s\n' "$result"Questions
FAQ
How do I call Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "moonshotai/kimi-k2.6" to Chat Completions API (/v1/chat/completions) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.
How much does Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 cost?
$0.95 per 1M input tokens and $4 per 1M output tokens, billed per request from your SandBase balance. Discounts, when available, are shown in the pricing on this page.
What is the context window of Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6?
262.1K tokens of context, with up to 32.8K output tokens per response.
Which features does Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 support?
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 supports vision (image input), reasoning, function calling, structured output. See Specifications above for the full list.
Do I need a separate Moonshot AI account?
No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Moonshot AI separately.