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DeepSeek: R1 0528 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5

Compare DeepSeek: R1 0528 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 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

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 has more provider fallback routes, while MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 has the larger context window. Current TrustedRouter probes show MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 with the lower p50 TTFT.

$2.7825/1MDeepSeek: R1 0528 cheapest route

$2.52/1MMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 cheapest route

2206 msDeepSeek: R1 0528 measured p50 TTFT

1188 msMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 measured p50 TTFT

DeepSeek: R1 0528MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5

Model iddeepseek/deepseek-r1-0528moonshotai/kimi-k2.5

PublisherDeepSeekKimi

AI IQ — IQ 111#39

Context163,840 tokens262,144 tokens

Provider routes515

Cheapest route$2.7825/1M$2.52/1M

Privacy postureprovider posture variesprovider posture varies

Modes chat chat

DeepSeek: R1 0528 routes

Overview5 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 routes

Overview15 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
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://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

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