Kimi K3 API in Australia
Moonshot AI’s 2.8-trillion-parameter open model, first at web research when it launched. Priced in Australian dollars for teams in Australia, on the same key as every other model.
Kimi K3 API pricing in Australia
In Australian dollars, the currency your card is charged in, with the published US dollar rate beside each.
For scale: 1,000 requests of about 3,000 tokens in and 1,000 out cost A$43.57 — a long prompt and a page of answer each. Every rate is published and stays the same from one request to the next. See every model.
Prices are our published US dollar rates converted at A$1.47 to the dollar, our rate for October — the same rate your card is charged.
About Kimi K3
Kimi K3 was billed as the first open model in the three-trillion class: 2.8 trillion parameters, with 104 billion working on each token. Its standout result is web research — 91.2% on BrowseComp, first at launch — and it placed third on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, behind only Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol.
It reads images and video as well as text, holds a million tokens, and always thinks before answering. Running it yourself takes a cluster of 64 or more accelerators, which is why most people use it through an API.
What is Kimi K3 good for?
- Research agents that browse and read many sources.
- Long coding agents.
- Knowledge work across long documents and video.
Where to be careful
- Always reasons, so there is no fast mode for simple requests.
- Its launch scores mix Moonshot’s own tests with differing agent set-ups.
- Moonshot’s licence asks very large products built on it to display “Kimi K3”.
Specs
kimi-k3Using Kimi K3 from Australia
Roar AI provides access to Kimi K3 through the Roar AI gateway, charged in Australian dollars on one bill with every other model. Requests from Australia go through our gateway in Singapore today; a gateway in Sydney is coming. Developers can use Kimi K3 alongside other supported models without a separate integration for every provider.
Use the OpenAI SDK you already have — point it at Roar AI and name the model. Read the docs.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.roar-ai.com/v1", api_key="roar_live_…")
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
model="kimi-k3",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarise this contract in plain English."}],
)Where is Kimi K3 processed?
Requests to Kimi K3 are processed in Singapore, outside Australia. The model directory says where each model is processed.
Questions
How much does Kimi K3 cost in Australia?
Input is A$5.45 per 1M tokens; output is A$27.23 per 1M tokens. For scale, 1,000 requests of about 3,000 tokens in and 1,000 out cost A$43.57. Prices are our published US dollar rates converted at A$1.47 to the dollar, our rate for October — the same rate your card is charged. The rate is published and does not change from one request to the next.
Is Kimi K3 open source?
Its weights are open under the Kimi K3 License licence, so you could run it yourself. Through Roar AI you call it like any other model, with no servers to manage.
Try Kimi K3
on one key
Sign up, get a key and call it with the SDK you already use. Pay in your local currency, on one bill.