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DeepSeek: R1 0528 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Compare DeepSeek: R1 0528 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.

Verify gateway

Onebase URL to migrate

100sof models and routes

0prompt or output logs. Always.

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 K2.6 has more provider fallback routes, while MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 has the larger context window. Probe-backed speed data is shown when enough recent samples exist.

$2.7825/1MDeepSeek: R1 0528 cheapest route

$4.158/1MMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 cheapest route

not enough dataDeepSeek: R1 0528 measured p50 TTFT

not enough dataMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 measured p50 TTFT

DeepSeek: R1 0528MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Model iddeepseek/deepseek-r1-0528moonshotai/kimi-k2.6

PublisherDeepSeekKimi

AI IQ — IQ 119#19

Context163,840 tokens262,144 tokens

Provider routes532

Cheapest route$2.7825/1M$4.158/1M

Privacy postureprovider posture varieshas provider E2EE route

Modes chat chat

DeepSeek: R1 0528 routes

Overview5 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 routes

Overview32 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
BenchmarksTrustedRouter and external sources
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://gchircrcif.eu-west-3.awsapprunner.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528",
    messages=messages,
)