Is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 is cheaper on output tokens ($3.50 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 has the larger context window (262K tokens).

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 vs Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 is cheaper on output tokens, while MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 offers a larger context window. Choose MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.75	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$3.50	$25.00
Context window	262K	200K
Parameters	1T	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Apr 2026	Nov 2025

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