Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
DeepSeek: R1 is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.
| Metric | DeepSeek: R1 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | deepseek | moonshotai |
| Context Window | 64,000 | 256,000 |
| Max Output Tokens | 16,000 | 65,536 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.7000 | $0.7448 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $2.50 | $4.66 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $234 | $369 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Web Search | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tokenizer | DeepSeek | Other |
| MMLU Score | 84.9★ | 82.4 |
| GPQA | 81.3★ | 76.6 |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.7000
Current Output / 1M
$2.50
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.7448
Current Output / 1M
$4.66
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
100.0%
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
98.1%
Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.
DeepSeek: R1
$234
per month
Lower costMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
$369
per month
Live Recommendation
DeepSeek: R1 is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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