Frequently Asked Question
What does this guide cover?
Kimi has a free Adagio plan, while its higher membership tiers are paid. Compare current prices, shared credits, limits, and API boundaries.
Current-Source Decision Update
Plan access, usage limits, credits, and pricing can change by account, region, and release. Before acting, open the relevant first-party links in this page’s references and confirm the live account surface. Use this guide to frame the decision, not to replace current product or purchase terms.
Decision Path
Quick decision: Identify the exact plan surface and workflow blocker before comparing options. Treat current checkout, help, and terms pages as the final authority; use this guide to structure the decision without turning an old price or feature claim into a promise.
For the next question in Kimi long-context, agent, and subscription decisions:
- 10 Best Features of Kimi K2.5 That Make It a Productivity Powerhouse
- From Chat to Agent: Kimi K2.5’s Vision for a Smarter Digital Life
These guides share a product family or user workflow with this page, keeping the next step aligned with the reader’s decision.
Quick Answer: Is Kimi Pro Free?
Kimi has a free membership tier, but its higher membership tiers are not free. As checked on July 13, 2026, Kimi’s official membership table calls the free plan Adagio. The paid tiers are Moderato, Allegretto, Allegro, and Vivace. The pricing page describes Allegretto as the “Pro Choice,” which may be what some searches mean by “Kimi Pro,” but Allegretto is a paid plan at $39 monthly or $372 annually.
The free Adagio tier lists 6 approximate Agent task equivalents and one concurrent Agent task. That number is not a promise of six identical jobs: Kimi says its shared credit pool is metered by token usage, so complex tasks consume more than simple ones.
Kimi also says new membership plans are coming soon and that Kimi and Kimi Code benefits will be separated. Verify the live Kimi pricing page before checkout.
Current Kimi Free and Paid Plans
The official help center currently shows this consumer-membership surface:
| Plan | Price when billed monthly | Agent task estimate | Concurrent Agent tasks | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adagio | Free | 6 | 1 | Occasional testing and light tasks |
| Moderato | $19/month | 60 | 2 | Regular individual use |
| Allegretto | $39/month | 150 | 2 | More frequent work and Kimi Code access |
| Allegro | $99/month | 360 | 4 | Heavy parallel workflows |
| Vivace | $199/month | 720 | 4 | Highest listed individual allowance |
These task counts are Kimi’s approximate equivalents based on typical token consumption, not fixed quotas for every feature. The same official table lists annual totals of $180, $372, $948, and $1,908 for the four paid tiers. Taxes, availability, and checkout terms can vary, so use the current account checkout as the final source.
What the Free Plan Actually Lets You Test
Adagio is enough to answer a practical question: does Kimi fit your workflow before you pay? Use it on one representative task, such as a document review, a research request, a small website, or a short coding job. Then check:
- how much of the shared credit balance the task consumes;
- whether the task needs a paid-only feature such as Kimi Code, Kimi Claw, or Agent Swarm;
- whether one concurrent Agent task is enough;
- whether queue priority matters during your normal working hours.
Kimi’s credit documentation says the balance is shared across Agent features, Kimi Code, Kimi Claw, Kimi Chat, image generation, and other membership features. Credits refresh monthly, while some in-product prompts may also show shorter concurrency windows. Your live balance and prompt are more reliable than a static “uses per month” estimate.
When a Paid Kimi Plan Is Worth Considering
Upgrade because a measured limit blocks a repeated workflow, not because “Pro” sounds like the default choice.
- Run the same representative task on Adagio two or three times.
- Record the credit percentage consumed, wait time, and whether concurrency blocked another task.
- Identify the smallest paid tier that changes that specific constraint.
- Compare monthly billing with the annual commitment only after the workflow is stable.
- Recheck the plan surface because Kimi has announced an upcoming separation of Kimi and Kimi Code benefits.
For example, a user who only needs more Agent capacity may choose differently from a developer whose blocker is Kimi Code. A team that needs shared governance should evaluate Kimi’s Business route rather than assuming the highest individual tier is the right fit.
Which Kimi Pricing Surface Are You Asking About?
| Question | Source to check | What not to assume |
|---|---|---|
| Can I use the Kimi app for free? | The current Kimi membership overview and account UI | That the approximate Agent task estimate is a guaranteed fixed quota. |
| What does a paid Kimi upgrade include? | The current membership pricing details and checkout | That “Pro Choice” is a free plan or that an old plan screenshot remains current. |
| What does the Moonshot API cost? | The current Kimi API pricing documentation | That API token prices describe consumer membership access. |
| Can I use a Kimi-family model another way? | The model’s official documentation, repository, or provider route | That open-model licensing and hosted-product terms are interchangeable. |
Keep a Verification Record
For a decision you may revisit, save the date, region, account surface, plan label, displayed limit, reset rule, model identifier, and source URL. Add one sentence describing the task that triggered the limit. This makes a later pricing or quota change visible and prevents consumer-app, API, and open-model evidence from being merged accidentally.
Keep Consumer, API, and Open-Model Routes Separate
The Kimi consumer app is an end-user product. The Moonshot developer platform is for API usage. Open or downloadable model releases have their own documentation and licenses. A price or permission from one surface does not automatically apply to another.
For API budgeting, verify the exact model identifier, input and output units, cache rules, rate limits, and effective date at the official developer source. The Kimi API documentation bills model input and output by token usage; those charges do not buy an Adagio, Moderato, Allegretto, Allegro, or Vivace membership.
Continue the Kimi Decision
- Use the Kimi K2.5 model route when the question is model workflow rather than consumer-app pricing.
- Use the Kimi alternatives guide when you need a broader source-checked shortlist.
- Use the Kimi FAQ when security, performance, or professional-use boundaries lead the decision.
- Use the DeepSeek pricing guide when comparing a different provider’s developer-pricing surface.
These routes do not imply equivalent limits, prices, licenses, or availability.
Bottom Line
Kimi’s current consumer plan table includes a genuinely free tier: Adagio. The plan described as “Pro Choice,” Allegretto, is paid. Start with Adagio, measure how its shared credits and one-task concurrency fit your real workflow, and upgrade only when a documented limit justifies it. Keep Kimi membership, Kimi API billing, and open-model licensing as separate decisions.