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Claude vs Kimi
Claude is a provider with 3 fixed-price plans from $20 to $200/mo (Pro, Max and Ultra) covering 5 tracked models. Plans are locked to the provider's own Claude Code. One of 3 tiers carries a discounted billing option. Kimi is a provider with 4 fixed-price plans from $19 to $199/mo (Plus, Pro, Max and Ultra) covering 5 tracked models. Plans expose OpenAI-compatible endpoints usable by any agent. Every tier carries a discounted billing option.
Shared models
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Claude plans
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Kimi plans
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Only on one side
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In 30 seconds
Claude vs Kimi: 0 shared models across the two catalogs. 3 plans from $20 to $200/mo for Claude; 4 plans from $19 to $199/mo for Kimi. Claude plans are locked to the provider's own tools; Kimi plans expose OpenAI-compatible endpoints usable by any agent (BYOK). Compare requests per $1 for any shared model in the calculator.
Evidence
Shared models — best requests per $1 on each side
Computed at build from the same cost rules the calculator renders · typical request shape · ~ proxy estimate · ≈ coarse estimate · ≥ cache floor · ≤ cache ceiling
| Model | Claude · Req/$1 | Kimi · Req/$1 |
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“n/a” = the provider publishes no price structure for that model — the calculator renders the same honest n/a. Shared-model names link to the calculator for the full cross-provider sort.
Plans & value
Claude vs Kimi — plans, prices and usage budgets
- Pro4 models$20/mo
- Max4 models$100/mo
- Ultra4 models$200/mo
- Plus3 models$19/mo
- Pro5 models$39/mo
- Max5 models$99/mo
- Ultra5 models$199/mo
Full plan tables
Every plan, verified 01 Nov 2026
Claude plans
| Provider / planProvider and subscription tier. Badges and plan notes appear below. | PriceStandard monthly price in USD, before first-month promotions. | Top modelsFlagship models included in the plan. The list is approximate; '+N more' opens the full catalog. | Coding toolCoding tool included with the plan. 'only' means locked to the vendor's own tools — the supported set is listed next to the badge; '+others' means it also works elsewhere. | SubscribeOpen provider pricing. Referral links may support TokenPlans at no extra cost. | ||
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| Proi — Yearly: $17/mo, $200 billed up frontClaude Fable 5 / Fable 5.1 are usage-credits-only on Pro (billed at API rates on top of the plan) — Fable is included usage on Max / Ultra at 50% of the weekly limit; Anthropic’s Usage Policy (effective 2026-11-12) prohibits reselling, proxying or otherwise providing access to Claude through unauthorized means, including “services that route requests through consumer subscriptions or misrepresent the product or client being used” (anthropic.com/legal/aup, read 2026-10-21)≥5× Free · 5h rolling window + weekly cap | $20.00 | Claude Fable 5.1Claude Fable 5Claude Sonnet 5+1 more ↗ | Claude Code ↗only | ≥5× Free · 5h rolling window + weekly cap | 01 Nov | Subscribe↗ |
2026-10-30 · r/ClaudeCode: 5-hour windows drain inside half an hour and come back already spent, with a user relaying first-line support admitting the allowance history — "as soon as it resets, usage limit is straight away 20% used already. How does this make sense?" Support stated the May–August 50% weekly boost ended in September with a 25% raise kept, which that user says has now gone too. source ↗ | ||||||
| MaxClaude Fable 5 / Fable 5.1 are included on Max but draw only 50% of the weekly limit (claude.com/pricing “Models and usage” matrix, read 2026-10-06); the plan also grants $100/month in Claude Platform API credits for building on the API — a separate budget from the plan’s Claude Code usage (anthropic.com/pricing “Monthly API credits”, read 2026-10-14); Anthropic’s Usage Policy (effective 2026-11-12) prohibits reselling, proxying or otherwise providing access to Claude through unauthorized means, including “services that route requests through consumer subscriptions or misrepresent the product or client being used” (anthropic.com/legal/aup, read 2026-10-21)5× Pro every 5 hours and every week · Claude Fable 5 / Fable 5.1 capped at 50% of the weekly limit | $100.00 | Claude Fable 5.1Claude Fable 5Claude Opus 5.5+1 more ↗ | Claude Code ↗only | 5× Pro every 5 hours and every week · Claude Fable 5 / Fable 5.1 capped at 50% of the weekly limit | 01 Nov | Subscribe↗ |
2026-10-28 · r/ClaudeCode: a 100-dollar subscriber loses 73% of the week in two days on coordinator sessions that are 97-98% cache reads — "paying $100/month and potentially being unable to use Claude Code normally for most of the week after just two days feels ridiculous" source ↗ | ||||||
| UltraClaude Fable 5 / Fable 5.1 are included on Ultra but draw only 50% of the weekly limit (claude.com/pricing “Models and usage” matrix, read 2026-10-06); the plan also grants $200/month in Claude Platform API credits for building on the API — a separate budget from the plan’s Claude Code usage (anthropic.com/pricing “Monthly API credits”, read 2026-10-14); Anthropic’s Usage Policy (effective 2026-11-12) prohibits reselling, proxying or otherwise providing access to Claude through unauthorized means, including “services that route requests through consumer subscriptions or misrepresent the product or client being used” (anthropic.com/legal/aup, read 2026-10-21)No 5-hour limit (verified accounts) · 10× Pro every week · Claude Fable 5 / Fable 5.1 capped at 50% of the weekly limit | $200.00 | Claude Fable 5.1Claude Fable 5Claude Opus 5.5+1 more ↗ | Claude Code ↗only | No 5-hour limit (verified accounts) · 10× Pro every week · Claude Fable 5 / Fable 5.1 capped at 50% of the weekly limit | 01 Nov | Subscribe↗ |
2026-10-26 · r/ClaudeAI: an x20 subscriber's steady workload eats the week faster than it did before Opus 5.5 — "forced to use ultra on several projects the reset day to be able to take advantage of my x20 plan" source ↗ | ||||||
Kimi plans
| Provider / planProvider and subscription tier. Badges and plan notes appear below. | PriceStandard monthly price in USD, before first-month promotions. | Top modelsFlagship models included in the plan. The list is approximate; '+N more' opens the full catalog. | Coding toolCoding tool included with the plan. 'only' means locked to the vendor's own tools — the supported set is listed next to the badge; '+others' means it also works elsewhere. | SubscribeOpen provider pricing. Referral links may support TokenPlans at no extra cost. | ||
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| Plusi — Yearly: $180/yr ($15/mo)1× agent credits · one pool shared with Kimi Code · rolling 5-hour rate window | $19.00 | Kimi K3.1 ProKimi K3Kimi K2.8 Preview | Kimi Code ↗+others | 1× agent credits · one pool shared with Kimi Code · rolling 5-hour rate window | 28 Oct | Subscribe↗ |
| Proi — Yearly: $372/yr ($31/mo)2× agent credits · one pool shared with Kimi Code · rolling 5-hour rate window · 1M context | $39.00 | Kimi K3.1 ProKimi K3Kimi K2.8 Preview | Kimi Code ↗+others | 2× agent credits · one pool shared with Kimi Code · rolling 5-hour rate window · 1M context | 28 Oct | Subscribe↗ |
2026-10-28 · r/kimi: an accidental 372-dollar annual Pro purchase gets no refund and no billing-period change, only auto-renew cancelled — "My purchase does not qualify for a refund under their policy." source ↗ | ||||||
| Maxi — Yearly: $948/yr ($79/mo)5× agent credits · one pool shared with Kimi Code · rolling 5-hour rate window · 1M context | $99.00 | Kimi K3.1 ProKimi K3Kimi K2.8 Preview | Kimi Code ↗+others | 5× agent credits · one pool shared with Kimi Code · rolling 5-hour rate window · 1M context | 26 Oct | Subscribe↗ |
2026-10-15 · r/kimi: single commenter: the Max tier's code quota reads as shrunk since the pools merged — "Before this change, Allegro's Code quota was so generous that in practice it felt unlimited for K3 (plus coding on high/max)." source ↗ | ||||||
| Ultrai — Yearly: $1,908/yr ($159/mo)10× agent credits · one pool shared with Kimi Code · rolling 5-hour rate window · 1M context | $199.00 | Kimi K3.1 ProKimi K3Kimi K2.8 Preview | Kimi Code ↗+others | 10× agent credits · one pool shared with Kimi Code · rolling 5-hour rate window · 1M context | 28 Oct | Subscribe↗ |
2026-10-25 · r/kimi: single commenter: a China-region top-tier user measures Ultra as no capacity gain for +$100 — "I burned through my 5 hour window multiple times (each time in about an hour)" / "If I "upgrade" to Ultra, I will no longer have a weekly limit but I will have the same monthly token limit and be paying $100 more per month." source ↗ | ||||||
Coverage
Model coverage — 0 shared, 5 only on Claude, 5 only on Kimi
Shared · both catalogs · links open the calculator
Claude only
Kimi only
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Common questions
Which is cheaper: Claude or Kimi?
Claude starts at $20/mo (Pro) and Kimi at $19/mo (Plus). The cheapest plan is not always the best value — compare Req/$1 in the calculator.
How many models do Claude and Kimi share?
None — Claude and Kimi cover disjoint flagship sets, so there is no model both providers price. Compare per-plan value for your model in the calculator instead.
Can I use Claude or Kimi with any agent (BYOK)?
Claude plans are locked to the provider's own tools; Kimi plans expose OpenAI-compatible endpoints usable by any agent (BYOK).
What does Req/$1 mean?
Req/$1 is the number of typical coding requests one dollar buys on a plan — computed from the plan’s published budget, the model’s published per-token rates and a typical request shape (roughly 850 input tokens, 49,000 cached tokens, 160 output tokens where the provider publishes no shape). Proxy estimates are marked with ~. A figure marked ≥ is a cache floor: the plan publishes no cached-read rate, so cached tokens bill at the input rate and the real figure is that number or higher.
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