# 1 Moonshot AI model · example with kimi-k3
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://ai.helipod.io/v1",
api_key=os.environ["HELIPOD_AI_KEY"])
r = client.chat.completions.create(
model="kimi-k3",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Halo!"}])Kimi API pricing
Final prices in Rupiah per 1 million tokens. Cached = prompt tokens the provider already has in its cache (repeated system prompts, long documents).
Cost calculator
Per request
| Fresh input | 1,000 × Rp 53.400 | Rp 53,4 |
| Cached input | 1,000 × Rp 5.340 | Rp 5,34 |
| Output | 500 × Rp 267.000 | Rp 134 |
| One request | Rp 192 | |
A month (500 requests/day × 30)
Rp 2.883.600
An estimate: you are billed per request for the tokens actually used.
Kimi API
The Kimi API is programmatic access to the Kimi models by Moonshot AI. Kimi K3 supports up to 1 million tokens of context, reasoning, tool calling and structured output, a good fit for agents and long documents.
On Helipod, Kimi K3 is called with the OpenAI or Anthropic SDK and one Helipod API key, without a Moonshot account. Usage is billed per token in Rupiah from your Helipod balance.
A separate account, dollar billing and an international credit card.
The same Moonshot AI models, billed in Rupiah from one balance.
Advantages
Comparison
| Direct from Moonshot AI | Helipod AI Gateway | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing currency | Dollars (USD) | Rupiah, per token |
| Payment | International credit card | QRIS / virtual account |
| Other models | Moonshot AI models only | Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, etc. |
| SDK | Moonshot AI SDK | OpenAI & Anthropic SDKs |
| Spend cap per key | Per organization | Per API key, monthly |
| Request history | Moonshot AI dashboard | Helipod console, prices recorded |
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