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MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 vs DeepSeek: R1 0528

Compare MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 and DeepSeek: R1 0528 by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.

Verify gateway

Onebase URL to migrate

100sof models and routes

Noneprompt logs by default

Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.

Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.

Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.

Practical read

DeepSeek: R1 0528 has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 has more provider fallback routes, while MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 has the larger context window. Current TrustedRouter probes show DeepSeek: R1 0528 with the lower p50 TTFT.

$18.9/1MMoonshotAI: Kimi K3 cheapest route

$2.7825/1MDeepSeek: R1 0528 cheapest route

4366 msMoonshotAI: Kimi K3 measured p50 TTFT

3556 msDeepSeek: R1 0528 measured p50 TTFT

MoonshotAI: Kimi K3DeepSeek: R1 0528

Model idmoonshotai/kimi-k3deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528

PublisherKimiDeepSeek

AI IQ IQ 121#15 —

Context1,048,576 tokens163,840 tokens

Provider routes85

Cheapest route$18.9/1M$2.7825/1M

Privacy postureprovider posture variesprovider posture varies

Modes chat chat

MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 routes

Overview8 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

DeepSeek: R1 0528 routes

Overview5 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

Production choice

Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.

TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.

OpenAI clientPython

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshotai/kimi-k3",
    messages=messages,
)