Key Terms
- Kimi K3 - 2.8T-parameter open-weight flagship (released July 17), 1M-token context, $3.00/MTok input (cache miss), $0.30 cache hit, $15.00 output. Always reasons;
reasoning_effortlow/high/max (default max). Source: Kimi – Chat K3 - Kimi Claw - Moonshot's browser/agent product line (Web, Android, PC), now listed as a consumer-plan benefit alongside Kimi Code. Source: Kimi – Pricing
- Swarm / Goal / Dream Memory / Self-evolving Skill - new consumer-plan capabilities shown in the August membership matrix: subtask-swarm execution, persistent goals, memory, and self-improving skills. Source: Kimi – Pricing
- Separated membership plans (pending) - announced July: "Kimi and Kimi Code benefits will be separated. Existing subscribers are unaffected." Still labeled "Coming Soon" as of September 2. Source: Kimi – Pricing
Latest Changes
Changes since the 2026-07 report.
July watch items verified:
- moonshot-v1 and kimi-k2.5 sunset on Aug 31: confirmed. The pricing documentation now lists only Kimi K3, K2.7 Code, and K2.6; V1 models (8K/32K/128K) and kimi-k2.5 are gone. Migration target: kimi-k3. Sources: Kimi – Chat , Aitoolsrecap – Ai News August 31 2026
- Consumer subscription suspension (waitlist since Jul 19): resolved. The membership page no longer shows waitlist language; current plans are purchasable again ("You can still buy the current plan before launch"). The restructured Kimi/Kimi Code plans remain unlabeled "Coming Soon." Source: Kimi – Pricing
- New membership plan separation: still-pending. The separation announcement has been up for six weeks with no launch. Source: Kimi – Pricing
- K3 weights adoption: downloads and third-party distribution continued, with Kimi K3 added to GitHub Copilot on August 6, Moonshot's first appearance in Copilot's lineup beyond K2.7. Sources: Hugging Face – Kimi K3 , GitHub – 2026 08 06 Kimi K3 Is Now Available In Github Copilot
New August changes:
- Deprecation executed (Aug 31): V1 family and kimi-k2.5 removed platform-wide. Source: Kimi – Chat
- Distribution: Kimi K3 available in GitHub Copilot (Aug 6). Source: GitHub – 2026 08 06 Kimi K3 Is Now Available In Github Copilot
- Consumer capabilities surfaced: the plan comparison matrix now lists Kimi Claw (Web/Android/PC), Group Chat with Claw, Swarm (running subtasks), Goal, Dream Memory, Self-evolving Skill, plugins, scheduled tasks, website deployment with a database, and K3 extra-long chat up to 1M tokens. Source: Kimi – Pricing
- Caveat: the K3
web_searchtool is flagged "currently being updated; we do not recommend using this functionality in the near term." Source: Kimi – Chat K3
Plans
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Moderato | $19/mo ($15/mo annual) | Agent concurrency, priority queue; annual billing introduced July |
| Allegretto | $39/mo ($31/mo annual) | Higher concurrency/credits |
| Allegro | $99/mo ($79/mo annual) | Higher tier |
| Vivace | $199/mo ($159/mo annual) | Top tier |
Agent credit multipliers "more"/2x/5x/10x with an undisclosed base unit (unchanged). All plans purchasable again; new separated Kimi/Kimi Code plans still "Coming Soon." Source: Kimi – Pricing
API Pricing
| Model | Input (cache miss) | Input (cache hit) | Output | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kimi-k3 | $3.00/MTok | $0.30/MTok | $15.00/MTok | 1,048,576 tokens |
| kimi-k2.7-code | unchanged from June | - | unchanged | - |
| kimi-k2.6 | unchanged from June | - | unchanged | - |
V1 models and kimi-k2.5: removed August 31. Source: Kimi – Chat
Model Performance / Benchmarks
No new benchmark publications in August. Standing July figures: K3 GPQA Diamond 93.5, MMLU-Pro 89.4, AIME 91.2, #1 on Arena.ai Frontend Code Arena, #4 globally per aggregator rankings. Source: Kimi – Kimi K3
Latest News
Sunset Executed, Distribution Expanded (August 2026)
Moonshot completed the V1/K2.5 sunset on schedule on August 31 and landed Kimi K3 in GitHub Copilot on August 6, the clearest validation yet of the open-weight strategy: a Chinese open-weights model distributed through Microsoft's marketplace. Sources: Kimi – Chat , GitHub – 2026 08 06 Kimi K3 Is Now Available In Github Copilot
Consumer Platform Broadens Beyond Chat (August 2026)
The membership matrix now advertises Kimi Claw across web/Android/PC, subtask swarms, persistent goals, memory, and self-evolving skills, positioning the consumer product as a general agent platform rather than a coding chat. Source: Kimi – Pricing
Community Signals
No significant new HN or Reddit threads on Kimi were found in August (July's launch wave, including the 1,000+ point open-infra thread, had subsided). The K3 HuggingFace weights remain the reference point for open-weight adoption: Hugging Face – Kimi K3
Enterprise Readiness
| Feature | Available? | Details |
|---|---|---|
| SSO (SAML/OIDC) | No | Not documented. |
| SCIM | No | Not documented. |
| Audit logs | No | Not documented. |
| IP indemnity | No | Not documented. |
| Data residency | No | Not documented. |
| HIPAA | No | Not documented. |
| Air-gapped / on-prem | Partial | K3 open weights (Kimi K3 License) allow self-hosting outside Moonshot's platform. Source: Hugging Face – Kimi K3 |
| SLA | No | Marketing language only ("SLA backed reliability"), unchanged. |
| Admin controls (RBAC) | Partial | Daily spending limits and balance alerts (added July); no user management. Source: Kimi |
Terms explained:
- Open weights - the model's trained parameters are published for anyone to download and run themselves, subject to the Kimi K3 License; distinct from open source when the license carries restrictions. Source: Hugging Face – Kimi K3
Transparency Gaps
| Gap | Details | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise program | "Kimi Enterprise" remains marketing language with no documented features, two months running. | High |
| Agent credit base unit | Multipliers (2x/5x/10x) still have no published base amount. | Medium |
| Separated plans | The membership restructure has been "Coming Soon" for six weeks with no date or pricing. | Medium |
| K3 web_search status | Degraded/under repair with no timeline. | Low |