Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Kimi K2
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Kimi K2 by Cerebras? We compared every LLM model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 18 options are meaningfully cheaper.
Category: LLM 128K context
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B100% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Qwen3.5 9B100% CHEAPER
Together AI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 262K ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Flash100% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
GPT-5.4 Nano100% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.2 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 400K ctx 98%
Claude 3 Haiku100% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.25 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 33 200K ctx 98%
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview100% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.25 in · $1.5 out / 1M Tokens 1.0M ctx 98%
Qwen3.5 397B A17B100% CHEAPER
Together AI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.6 in · $3.6 out / 1M Tokens 262K ctx 98%
Claude 3.5 Haiku100% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.8 in · $4 out / 1M Tokens 49 200K ctx 98%
Claude 4.5 Haiku100% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$1 in · $5 out / 1M Tokens 200K ctx 98%
GPT-5.3-Codex99% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$1.75 in · $14 out / 1M Tokens 400K ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Pro99% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$3.5 in · $10.5 out / 1M Tokens 58 2.1M ctx 98%
Claude Sonnet 4.699% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$3 in · $15 out / 1M Tokens 200K ctx 98%
Claude 3 Sonnet99% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$3 in · $15 out / 1M Tokens 45 200K ctx 98%
Claude 3.5 Sonnet99% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$3 in · $15 out / 1M Tokens 62 200K ctx 98%
Claude 4.5 Sonnet99% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$3 in · $15 out / 1M Tokens 200K ctx 98%
Claude Opus 4.599% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$5 in · $25 out / 1M Tokens 200K ctx 98%
Claude Opus 4.699% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$5 in · $25 out / 1M Tokens 200K ctx 98%
Claude Opus 4.799% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$5 in · $25 out / 1M Tokens 200K ctx 98%
Costs are normalised to a blended 1M-token workload (or per-unit price for non-token models) using each model's latest verified pricing. Models with pricing under review are excluded from recommendations.