Moondream lists 2 models and Moonshotai 10. Moondream is cheaper on a typical model ($0.85 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Moondream | Moonshotai | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 2 | 10 |
| Models with published pricing | 2 | 10 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.85 | $1.21 |
| Cheapest paid model | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) |
| Longest context | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview (32K) | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (1.0M) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview (2026-10-15) | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (2026-07-16) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 0 | 59 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | Moondream | Moonshotai |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $72.50 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview | $87.50 with MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $61.00 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview | $85.00 with MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | no suitable model | $90.00 with MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $39.00 with Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview | $55.00 with MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | no suitable model | $27.50 with MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 |
| You need | Moondream | Moonshotai |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) |
| With tool calling | none listed | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) |
| With image input | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) |
| With reasoning mode | Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview ($0.85) | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) |
| 128K+ context | none listed | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 ($1.00) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 ($4.17) |
| Model type | Moondream | Moonshotai |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 0 | 2 |
| text+image->text | 2 | 4 |
| text->text | 0 | 4 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Moondream | Moonshotai |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 2 | 8 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 2 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Moondream is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.85 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.21 for Moonshotai. The cheapest paid models are Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview at $0.85 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 at $1.00.
It depends on the job: Moonshotai offers the broader line-up (2 models vs 10), Moondream the lower typical price, Moonshotai the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Moonshotai: Moondream lists 2 models and Moonshotai lists 10.
Moonshotai: Moondream's longest is Moondream: Moondream 3 Preview at 32K tokens; Moonshotai's is MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 at 1.0M.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Moondream: 2 of 2 models accept images. Moonshotai: 6 of 10.