Moonshot Kimi K2 Free API on Groq

Free API

Available from Groq

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

Non-thinking Kimi K2 MoE instruction model for coding and tool-using agents

Free APIOpenAI compatibleTool callingText

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API Details

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Base URL

https://api.groq.com/openai/v1

Model ID

moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct

API format OpenAI Chat Completions + OpenAI Responses

Technical Details

Moonshot Kimi K2 specifications

Provider and model catalog

Context window 131K

Max output 98K

Status Online

Family kimi-k2

Knowledge cutoff 2024-12-31

Released Jul 11, 2025

Last updated Oct 27, 2026

Free listing since Sep 5, 2025

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Capabilities tool calling, temperature control

Open weights Yes

Weights Hugging Face

AI Recommendation

Should you use Moonshot Kimi K2?

Moonshot Kimi K2 is listed for chat, coding workloads and supports a 131K context window.

Use it when Groq's free tier is enough for evaluation, demos, or light production traffic.

Best for

Chat
Coding

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Useful for coding workflows
Long context window
Tool calling support
Open weights available

Watch outs

Free-tier rate limits apply
Vision support is not listed

Benchmark Overview

Benchmark signals for Moonshot Kimi K2

Measured data

Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following

15.3/100

Coding Programming and code generation

25.9/100

Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks

37.7/100

Speed Observed generation speed

48 tok/s

Context Maximum listed context window

131K

Pricing

Moonshot Kimi K2 pricing per 1M tokens

Free tier listed

Input $0.6 per 1M tokens

Output $2.5 per 1M tokens

Access Available Groq

Rate limit See provider page provider policy

Availability

Moonshot Kimi K2 availability by provider

2 alternatives

We found 3 provider listings for kimi-k2. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.

Provider	Model listing	Access	Context	API	Limits
Groq	Moonshot Kimi K2	Free tier	131K	OpenAI-style	See provider page
NVIDIA NIM	moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	Free tier	262K	OpenAI-style	Up to 40 RPM
Cloudflare Workers AI	@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code	Free tier	262K	Native	10K neurons/day (shared)

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Compare

Moonshot Kimi K2 alternatives to consider

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Model	Provider	Context	Access
moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	NVIDIA NIM	262K	Free tier
@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code	Cloudflare Workers AI	262K	Free tier
groq/compound	Groq	131K	Check provider
groq/compound-mini	Groq	131K	Check provider
llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct	Groq	131K	Check provider

Typical Use Cases

Moonshot Kimi K2 use cases

Chat

Moonshot Kimi K2 is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

Coding

Moonshot Kimi K2 is tagged for coding in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

FAQ

Moonshot Kimi K2 free API FAQ

Is Moonshot Kimi K2 free to use?

Moonshot Kimi K2 is listed with free API access on Groq, subject to the provider's quota and account policy.

What is the Moonshot Kimi K2 model ID?

The model ID shown in this catalog is moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct.

What context window does Moonshot Kimi K2 support?

The listed context window is 131K tokens with up to 98K output tokens.

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