# Kimi

> AI assistant and agent for research, slides, documents and code

Kimi is Moonshot AI's assistant for chat, deep research and agent tasks that produce slides, documents, spreadsheets and websites. Kimi Work on the desktop works with local files and a browser agent, Agent Swarm runs subtasks in parallel, and Kimi Code brings the same models into the terminal and IDEs. A free tier called Adagio sits below four paid plans: Plus, Pro, Max and Ultra.

- **Category:** AI Assistants
- **Made by:** Moonshot AI (since 2023)
- **Website:** https://www.kimi.com
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Kimi has a free plan. Paid plans start at $15 per month, billed annually ($180), or $19 billed monthly.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Adagio plan: 1 concurrent agent task, 2 scheduled tasks, 2 widget tasks, 2 projects and 500MB of project storage.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adagio | $0 | 1 concurrent agent task, 2 scheduled tasks, 2 projects and 500MB of project storage. |
| Plus | $15 per month, billed annually ($180); $19 billed monthly | More agent credits, 2 concurrent agent tasks, Deep Research, website deployment, Kimi Code, Swarm, 10 scheduled tasks and 20GB of project storage. |
| Pro | $31 per month, billed annually ($372); $39 billed monthly | 2x agent credits, Goal mode, one-click Kimi Claw deployment, 15 scheduled tasks and 20 projects. |
| Max | $79 per month, billed annually ($948); $99 billed monthly | 5x agent credits, up to 1M tokens of context, 20 scheduled tasks, 100 projects and 50GB of project storage. |
| Ultra | $159 per month, billed annually ($1,908); $199 billed monthly | 10x agent credits, 4 concurrent agent tasks, 25 scheduled tasks, 100 projects and 50GB of project storage. |

Read from https://www.kimi.com/membership/pricing on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Kimi before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Up to $480 a year off with annual billing** (Annual discount): Kimi's pricing page prices annual billing at $15, $31, $79 and $159 a month against $19, $39, $99 and $199 billed monthly, and states a saving of up to $480. Source: https://www.kimi.com/membership/pricing

## Key features

- **Deep Research and Agent Swarm:** Runs research as an agent task. Agent Swarm splits large jobs such as literature reviews or long industry reports across parallel sub-agents.
- **Slides, documents and spreadsheets:** Generates formatted presentations in the visual style of references you upload, and its Office agent works across PPT, Word, Excel and PDF files.
- **Kimi Work on the desktop:** The desktop app reads and creates files in local folders, automates web tasks with a browser agent and adds dashboards, plugins and scheduled tasks.
- **Website building:** Builds a website from a prompt. Paid plans include website deployment, and the plan cards list publishing sites with database support.
- **Kimi Code:** A coding agent for the terminal and for IDEs including VS Code, Cursor, Zed and JetBrains. The pricing table marks it as available on the paid plans.
- **Scheduled tasks and plugins:** Scheduled tasks run automatically and push results: 2 on Adagio, rising to 25 on Ultra. Plugins connect professional financial and economic databases.

## Good for

- Turning research into slide decks, reports and spreadsheets
- Agent work that runs many subtasks in parallel
- Developers who want a coding agent in the terminal or IDE

## Worth knowing

- The free Adagio plan is limited to 1 concurrent agent task, 2 scheduled tasks, 2 projects and 500MB of project storage.
- Goal mode and Kimi Claw deployment start at Pro, and the 1M-token context is listed only on Max and Ultra.
- Kimi Work runs on Windows and Apple-silicon Macs; on Intel-based Macs the desktop app supports Kimi Chat only.
- Work mode conversations stay on the desktop where they were created; only Chat mode conversations sync to web and mobile.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.7 out of 5 from 5,249 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6474233312

## Works with

VS Code, Cursor, Zed, JetBrains, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge

**Tags:** Chat assistant, AI agents, Research, Presentations, App builder, Public API, AI features

## Alternatives

- [ChatGPT](https://toolgpa.com/tools/chatgpt): OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for chat, images and voice. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chatgpt-vs-kimi)
- [Claude](https://toolgpa.com/tools/claude): Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis and coding. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/claude-vs-kimi)
- [DeepSeek](https://toolgpa.com/tools/deepseek): Free AI chat assistant built on DeepSeek's openly released models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deepseek-vs-kimi)
- [Qwen Studio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/qwen): Alibaba Cloud's chat app for the Qwen family of AI models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kimi-vs-qwen)
- [Z.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/z-ai): Chat assistant and agent built on Z.ai's GLM models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kimi-vs-z-ai)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://www.kimi.com/membership/pricing
- https://www.kimi.com/en
- https://www.kimi.com/en/products/download
- https://www.kimi.com/en/products/kimi-browser-extension
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kimi-kimi-k3-is-live/id6474233312
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimi_(chatbot)

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