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Kimi

AI assistant from Moonshot AI with search, Deep Research and agentic coding

79.0
Score in best AI chatbots
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Ranked 9 of 10 in best AI chatbots

Kimi has a free Adagio plan and includes web search, Deep Research and Kimi Code, with a developer API alongside. Its paid tiers add agent credits and concurrent tasks, and Kimi Claw is listed for web, Android and PC only.

Best for Free chat with search and agentic coding

About Kimi

Kimi is an AI assistant from Moonshot AI. Its homepage promotes agentic work such as building playable games, creating slides and running parallel tasks with Swarm and Goal modes. The product also covers documents, spreadsheets, Deep Research and scheduled tasks, and it offers Kimi Code for software work. The help center lists a search function among its general features.

The membership page lists a free Adagio plan at $0, with paid Plus, Pro, Max and Ultra tiers billed monthly or annually. The paid tiers add agent credits, more concurrent agent tasks, longer chat context and more projects and storage. Kimi Claw is listed for web, Android and PC. Developers use the Kimi API platform, which is a separate product with its own model pricing, so the consumer plans and API costs should be compared separately.

Key features

  • Deep Research and slides
  • Kimi Code for agentic coding
  • Swarm multi-agent tasks
  • Scheduled tasks and dashboards
  • Kimi API platform

Strengths

  • Free Adagio plan with no monthly charge
  • Web search and Deep Research in one assistant
  • Kimi API platform for developers

Limits

  • Higher limits and agent features need a paid tier
  • Kimi Claw is listed for web, Android and PC only

Where Kimi ranks

  • Best AI chatbots#9of 10 · 79.0

    Best for: Free chat with search and agentic coding

How Kimi compares

ProductScorePricePlatformsMade bySearches the webCoding toolsDeveloper API
#6Grok82.0Free plan, paid upgradesWebiOSAndroidxAIYesNot listedYes
#7Mistral Vibe81.0Free plan, paid upgradesWebMistral AIYesCLI and IDE coding agentYes
#8DeepSeek79.5Free plan, paid upgradesWebiOSAndroidDeepSeekYesNot listedYes
#9Kimi79.0Free plan, paid upgradesWebAndroidMoonshot AIYesKimi Code, a coding productKimi API platform
#10Qwen78.5FreeWebiOSAndroidAlibaba CloudYesWeb Dev builds pages from a promptQwen API, OpenAI-compatible format

The full comparison table for best AI chatbots has all 10 products.

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Questions about Kimi

Is Kimi free?
Kimi can be used without paying: Free Adagio plan; paid tiers billed monthly or annually. Check the vendor’s pricing page for current limits.
Is Kimi open source?
No. Kimi is proprietary software; its source code is not public.
Which platforms does Kimi support?
Kimi is available on: Web, Android.
What is Kimi best for?
Free chat with search and agentic coding. In our ranking of AI chatbots it is number 9 of 10 with a score of 79.0.
What are the best alternatives to Kimi?
The highest-ranked alternatives on listme.name are ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot.

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