The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-06-13

Most cost‑impacting change: MoonshotAI Kimi K2.5 saw its completion price rise from $1.89 to $2.025 per 1M tokens (+$0.135/1M) and prompt price from $0.35 to $0.375 per 1M tokens (+$0.025/1M). Developers using Kimi K2.5 for long‑form generation should re‑evaluate cost budgets.

Added

• MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code
  • Prompt: $0.95 / 1M tokens (9.5e‑07)
  • Completion: $4.00 / 1M tokens (4e‑06)
  • Who should care: Teams needing large‑context code assistance (262k tokens) now have a new option.

Removed

• Meta: Llama Guard 3 8B
  • Prompt: $0.484 / 1M tokens (4.84e‑07)
  • Completion: $0.03 / 1M tokens (3e‑08)
  • Who should care: Users relying on this safety model must migrate to an alternative.

Price Changes

• MoonshotAI Kimi Latest

  • Prompt: $0.67 → $0.68 / 1M (+$0.01)
  • Completion: $3.39 → $3.41 / 1M (+$0.02)
  • Who should care: Applications using the latest Kimi variant see a slight uptick.

• Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B

  • Prompt: $0.287 → $0.2885 / 1M (+$0.0015)
  • Completion: $3.10 → $3.17 / 1M (+$0.07)
  • Who should care: Cost‑sensitive workloads on this model will notice a modest increase.

• MoonshotAI Kimi K2.6

  • Prompt: $0.67 → $0.68 / 1M (+$0.01)
  • Completion: $3.39 → $3.41 / 1M (+$0.02)
  • Who should care: Similar impact to Kimi Latest; review usage if volume is high.

• MoonshotAI Kimi K2.5 (see lead)

  • Prompt: $0.35 → $0.375 / 1M (+$0.025)
  • Completion: $1.89 → $2.025 / 1M (+$0.135)
  • Who should care: Notable cost rise; consider alternatives or usage caps.

Cheapest Models Today (for reference)

1. inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash – $0.01 / 1M prompt, $0.03 / 1M completion
2. IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro – $0.017 / 1M prompt, $0.112 / 1M completion
3. Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct – $0.02 / 1M prompt, $0.03 / 1M completion

Total models tracked: 337.

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