Cost anatomy

Kimi K3

Kimi · Fireworks-hostedFoundry ·Global

Fresh input / cached input / output cost breakdown, active and scheduled rates, provenance, same-model deployment markup, and cost-comparable alternatives for this purchasable lane.

Start with a pattern

Illustrative workloads

Pick a useful starting shape, then fine-tune every input below.

Fine-tune

Workload and pricing scenario

Adjust the token shape, cache behavior, time window, and service tier. Every number below updates immediately.

Interactive

Workload cost calculator

Input tokens (M)60M

Output tokens (K)210K

Cache hit rate90%

Share of input tokens served from cache. Applied only to models with a cache meter.

Time

Service tier

Rows with a rate that changes by time of day, promo window or service tier are priced for this scenario instead of their flat listed rate; a brand-colored label under the model name names which one applies. Context size for band-priced rows uses the input-token count below.

Picking a specific hour also previews time-of-day rates that are scheduled but have not started billing yet; those rows are labelled · preview with their start instant. Now only ever shows rates that are billable at this moment.

Rate state

What this lane charges right now

Priced under the workload and scenario above. The full published schedule below always shows every variant regardless of which scenario is selected.

Input / 1M

$3.00

CHF 2.42

Cached input / 1M

$0.30

CHF 0.241

Output / 1M

$15.00

CHF 12.08

Cost anatomy

Where this workload's cost goes

60M input tokens (90% cache hit) and 210K output tokens, at the resolved rate above.

$18.00

Fresh input · CHF 14.49

$16.20

Cached input · CHF 13.04

$3.15

Output · CHF 2.54

$37.35

Workload total · CHF 30.07

$18.00 + $16.20 + $3.15 = $37.35

Provenance

How much to trust these numbers

InputofficialCached inputofficialOutputofficial

New Fireworks-hosted Microsoft Foundry Global lane. Its rates match Fireworks' own direct serverless rates; the separate Data Zone lane below carries the 10% premium.

Azure Retail Prices API, productName 'Azure Fireworks Models', captured 2026-09-17: effective 2026-09-01 meters 'FW Kimi-K3 Gl Inp Tokens' $0.003/1K ($3.00/M), 'FW Kimi-K3 Gl Cd Inp Tokens' $0.0003/1K ($0.30/M), and 'FW Kimi-K3 Gl Opt Tokens' $0.015/1K ($15.00/M), uniform across 20 commercial Global regions. Fireworks' official Kimi K3 model page identifies the Moonshot AI model as ready for serverless inference at the same $3.00/$0.30/$15.00 per M rates with a 1.04M-token context.

Direct vs Foundry

Same-model deployment markup

How much this Foundry lane costs over the same model's Direct API rate.

Lane	Deployment	Workload cost	Foundry markup
Kimi K3 Kimi direct API	Direct API	$37.35	$0.00 (0%)

Cost-comparable

Other lanes within ±25% of this workload's cost

Same provider first, then ranked by cost proximity, for 60M in / 210K out. This is a cost ranking only — never a quality recommendation.

Kimi K3
Kimi · Kimi direct APISame provider
Direct API
$37.35
CHF 30.07
$0.00 (0%) vs this lane
Kimi K3
Kimi · Fireworks-hostedSame provider
Foundry ·Data Zone
$41.08
CHF 33.07
+$3.73 (+10%) vs this lane
GPT-6.1 Sol Long Context
OpenAI / Azure OpenAI · OpenAI direct API
Direct API
$37.95
CHF 30.55
+$0.60 (+2%) vs this lane
GPT-6.1 Sol Long Context
OpenAI / Azure OpenAI
Foundry ·Global
$37.95
CHF 30.55
+$0.60 (+2%) vs this lane
Claude Opus 5.5
Claude
Direct API
$39.00
CHF 31.40
+$1.65 (+4%) vs this lane
Claude Opus 5.5
Claude
Foundry ·Global
$39.00
CHF 31.40
+$1.65 (+4%) vs this lane