Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
Free tier available
- Self-hosted (Free)$0
- API (Moonshot direct, K2.6)$0.60/per 1M input tokens
- API (OpenRouter, K2.6 blended)~$0.95/per 1M input tokens
Our pickA
8.1/10Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
VS
B
7.4/10Devin
Cognition proprietary orchestration over Claude / GPT / Gemini + Devin's own tuned components
Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot) vs Devin
Tier-list head-to-head. Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot) takes the A-tier slot — here's the breakdown.
Last reviewed May 21, 2026· sweep-fresh
Spec sheet
At a glance
| Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot) | Devin | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | A-tierwin | B-tier |
| Overall score | 8.1 / 10win | 7.4 / 10 |
| Powered by | — | Cognition proprietary orchestration over Claude / GPT / Gemini + Devin's own tuned components |
| Free tier | Yeswin | No |
| Starting price | $0 | $20 |
| Best for | Agentic coding workflows, tool-use agents, and teams willing to pay hosted-API prices for frontier-tier qua… | Development teams that want to offload well-scoped tasks like bug fixes, test writing, and boilerplate code… |
| Last reviewed | 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-21 |
Head-to-head
Score showdown
Rated 1-10 on the same rubric across all 130 tools we cover.
Ease of use+0.5 Devin
Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
6.0
Devin
6.5
Output quality+1.0 Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
9.0
Devin
8.0
Value+1.5 Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
8.5
Devin
7.0
Features+1.0 Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
9.0
Devin
8.0
Overall+0.7 Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)
8.1
Devin
7.4
What you'll pay
Pricing snapshot
Look past the headline number -- entry-tier limits drive most cost surprises.
Devin
No free tier
- Core$20/mo
- Team$40/mo
Benchmark Head-to-Head
Kimi K2.6 (1T/32B active MoE) -- Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.0 score 54 (#1 open-weights, #4 overall as of 2026-04-27). MMLU/GPQA/AIME shown below are K2.5-baseline numbers retained until K2.6-specific third-party runs publish benchmarks — Devin has no published benchmarks
| Benchmark | Description | Score |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-Bench Pro | 58.6% | |
| MMLU-Pro (K2.5 baseline) | 84.8% | |
| GPQA Diamond (K2.5 baseline) | 80.5% | |
| AIME 2025 (K2.5 baseline) | 91.2% | |
| LiveCodeBench (K2.5 baseline) | 74.1% |
The decision
Which should you pick?
Use-case anchors and category strengths, side by side.
Pick Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)if…
A
8.1/10- ✓Higher output quality (9.0 vs 8.0) where polish matters more than speed
- ✓Better value at the price you'll actually pay (8.5/10 on value)
- ✓More feature surface area for power users who'll use the depth
- ✓Free tier lets you actually try it before paying
- ✓Agentic coding workflows, tool-use agents, and teams willing to pay hosted-API prices for frontier-tier quality with open-weights licensing protection.
Agentic coding workflows, tool-use agents, and teams willing to pay hosted-API prices for frontier-tier quality with open-weights licensing protection.
Visit Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)Pick Devinif…
B
7.4/10- ✓Development teams that want to offload well-scoped tasks like bug fixes, test writing, and boilerplate code to an autonomous agent.
- ✓Best when the task description is detailed and specific.
Development teams that want to offload well-scoped tasks like bug fixes, test writing, and boilerplate code to an autonomous agent. Best when the task description is detailed and specific.
Visit DevinBottom line
The verdict
Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot) edges out Devin by 0.7 points (8.1 vs 7.4) -- a A-tier vs B-tier split that's narrow but real. Not a blowout; both belong on a shortlist. The score gap shows up most clearly in the categories that matter for Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)'s strengths, so if those categories are your priority, the lead translates.
On pricing, Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot) starts free while Devin requires a paid plan from day one ($20+). If you're testing the waters or running an occasional workload, that gap matters more than the score differential. Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot) starts at $0; Devin starts at $20. Compare what each entry tier actually unlocks before you compare list prices -- the limits matter more than the headline number.
By use case: pick Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot) when agentic coding workflows, tool-use agents, and teams willing to pay hosted-api prices for frontier-tier quality with open-weights licensing protection. Pick Devin when development teams that want to offload well-scoped tasks like bug fixes, test writing, and boilerplate code to an autonomous agent. The two tools aren't fighting for the same person -- they're aiming at adjacent jobs that occasionally overlap. If you're squarely in Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot)'s lane, the tier-list ranking and the use-case fit point the same direction; if you're in Devin's lane, the score gap matters less than the fit.
Bottom line: Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot) is the safer default for most readers, but Devin is competitive enough that the tie-breaker is your specific workload, not the spec sheet.
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Full Kimi K2.6 (Moonshot) review
Tier A · 8.1/10
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Tier B · 7.4/10
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