Kimi K3 API - Low-Cost Access Guide

Kimi K3 is a Kimi-series LLM by Moonshot AI (月之暗面). Access it via TokenDos with pay-per-token billing, input from 0.000002982 USD/1K tokens — no VPN required, typically well below official pricing.

Rate = site price in CNY / official catalog price = (site price in USD * FX) / catalog price; single value, 1.0x = at official price.

Kimi K3 Live Node Pricing

Kimi K3 Pelican Test: Artwork Comparison by Provider

TokenDos periodically asks every provider node to paint the same prompt (a pelican riding a bicycle) with this model. Below are the latest artworks from each provider's scheduled audit — same prompt, independently drawn, so quality differences are easy to see.

Only scheduled audit results are shown; opted-out or failed providers are omitted. Data updated on 2026-10-12.

See all providers and run a live test in the marketplace

Kimi K3 Use Cases

• AI coding assistant (Codex CLI)
• Code generation & refactoring
• Long-document analysis
• Agentic workflows
• Technical design

Three steps to access Kimi K3

1. Register a TokenDos account and get your API key (free trial credits for new users)
2. Set environment variables: OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.tokendos.com/v1, OPENAI_API_KEY=your-token-dos-key
3. Call Kimi K3 from Codex CLI or any compatible SDK

View Kimi K3 live pricing