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Moonshot

Every Moonshot model on Synthorai: one endpoint, live prices.

3 models · chat / code / reasoning / tools · from $0.574/M input

Why Moonshot via Synthorai

  • Pay-as-you-go, no subscription. One key, every model; no Moonshot account required.
  • Zero prompt retention. Zero prompt retention at the gateway by default; Moonshot's API data policies apply upstream. Details →
  • Prompt caching. Automatic caching with hit/miss pricing: cached input tokens bill at the discounted cache-hit rate, no cache management required. Cache reads from $0.115/M.

Where Moonshot sits · input price across 60 chat models

  • Alibaba $0.05 - $2.5
  • ByteDance $0.1 - $0.5
  • Google $0.1 - $2
  • DeepSeek $0.138 - $1.32
  • Tencent $0.14
  • OpenAI $0.2 - $30
  • MiniMax $0.22 - $0.3
  • Moonshot $0.574 - $3
  • Anthropic $1 - $10
  • Z.ai $1 - $1.4

Each bar spans a vendor’s cheapest to most expensive chat model, so you can see where this one sits against the rest of the catalogue.

Moonshot models & pricing

Model Input /MOutput /MCache read /MContext
Kimi K2.5 $0.574 $3.011 $0.115 262K
Kimi K2.7 Code $0.95 $4 $0.19 256K
Kimi K3 $3 $15 $0.3 1M

Provider list prices: no platform markup. Prices refresh live on each model's page. These are official list prices. Logged-in customers may see effective prices including workspace discounts on /console/pricing.

Use Moonshot models in 30 seconds

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://synthorai.io/v1",
    api_key="sk-syn-...",
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="kimi-k3",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this diff"}],
    reasoning_effort="medium",
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

About Moonshot

Moonshot AI's Kimi models are known for very long context windows and strong agentic coding and tool-use performance. Synthorai serves Kimi behind the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint as the rest of the catalogue, with pay-as-you-go pricing and no separate Moonshot account required.

FAQ

How do I get a Moonshot API key without a subscription?

You don't need a Moonshot account: sign up on Synthorai, create one API key, and every Moonshot model on this page works through the OpenAI-compatible endpoint: pay-as-you-go, no subscription (models marked "invited beta" additionally need an approved application).

What does the Moonshot API cost?

Token-billed models start at $0.574/M input tokens; every model's live per-unit price is in the table above. These are provider list prices with no platform markup.

Can I use my own Moonshot key (BYOK)?

BYOK isn't available for Moonshot yet; requests run on Synthorai's managed channels at the listed rates.

What is Moonshot's data-retention policy via API?

Zero prompt retention at the gateway by default; Moonshot's API data policies apply upstream.

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