Moonshot / Kimi
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Kimi long-context LLM. 15M tokens free.
LLMest. 2023 · Beijing, China
90
/ 100 APIVault Score
// At a glance
Free Tier
¥15 free credits · 3 req/min · phone required
Category
LLM
Credit Card
Not required
Last Verified
2m ago
// Free tier details
Available Models
moonshot-v1-8kmoonshot-v1-32kmoonshot-v1-128k
Monthly Tokens
¥15 (~$2) free credits on signup
Rate Limit
3 requests/minute
No credit card needed
Phone verification required
// Quick start
300">"text-purple-400">from openai 300">"text-purple-400">import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=300">"YOUR_MOONSHOT_KEY",
base_url=300">"https://api.moonshot.cn/v1",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model=300">"moonshot-v1-8k",
messages=[{300">"role": 300">"user", 300">"content": 300">"Hello."}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)// Overview
Moonshot AI's Kimi API offers a 128K context window and strong Chinese + English performance. New accounts receive ¥15 (~$2) free credits, equivalent to millions of tokens.
// Pros
- 128K context window
- Strong Chinese language performance
- OpenAI-compatible
// Cons
- Phone verification required
- Chinese-language portal
- Restricted outside China
// Score breakdown
Reliability (35%) (from 2m ago health check)100/100
Free Tier Generosity (30%) (computed from quota, no-CC, no-phone fields)90/100
Documentation (20%) (human rating)80/100
Popularity (15%) (GitHub stars (log-normalised), or manual baseline)82/100
Methodology: apivault.dev/methodology
// Best for
Long-document Chinese AIKimi integrationsAsian market apps