Kimi vs Zhipu API pricing
Checked against the official price pages on 2026-10-08
In short
At 100M input and 20M output tokens a month, the cheapest model from each is kimi-k2.7-code (about ¥1,190 a month) and GLM-5.3-Flash (about ¥136 a month). Zhipu's entry model is cheaper; Kimi's costs about 8.8 times as much.
The most expensive from each is kimi-k3 (about ¥4,000 a month) and GLM-5.3 (about ¥1,360 a month). Price says nothing about whether the models are equally capable; weigh it with benchmarks and context length.
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All models
CNY per million tokens; time-of-day pricing is written peak / off-peak. Monthly cost assumes 100M input and 20M output tokens a month, no cache hits and half of calls at peak hours where that applies, cheapest first.
| Model | Input | Cache hit | Output | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZhipuGLM-5.3-Flash | 0.8 | 0.23 | 2.8 | 136 |
| Kimikimi-k2.7-code | 6.5 | 1.3 | 27 | 1,190 |
| Kimikimi-k2.6 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 27 | 1,190 |
| ZhipuGLM-5.3 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 1,360 |
| Kimikimi-k3 | 20 | 2 | 100 | 4,000 |
Price changes at both vendors
Kimi K3 launched (≈2.8T parameters, 1M-token context). International list price: $3 input / $15 output per million tokens (our Aug 27 issue). The China site now lists ¥20 input / ¥100 output. source · our coverage
Kimi K3.1 appeared on the API platform; the official price page does not list it yet. source · our coverage