ChatGPT vs Kimi comparison

By starting price alone, Kimi is $0.7 cheaper. But price is not everything, so check the highlighted rows in the table below.

ChatGPT and Kimi compared side by side in AI.

CurrencyUSD KRW EUR

ChatGPT

The most widely used general-purpose AI chatbot. Chat, writing, coding, image generation and web search in one place

A Chinese AI chatbot strong in long-document processing and agent features

Highlighted rows are where they differ.

Item	ChatGPTVisit site	KimiVisit site
Starting price	$8+Official USD price	$7.30+Converted from official price
Free tier	Free plan available	Free plan available
Korean support	Good	Average
Main models	GPT-6 (Sol) GPT-6 Luna GPT-6 Pro (Astra) GPT-6.1 Sol Image: ChatGPT Images 2.5	Kimi K3 K2.7-Code K2.6
Type	AI services	AI services
Category	Chatbot/Assistant, Image Generation, Coding	Chatbot/Assistant, Open Models
Company	OpenAI, United States	Moonshot AI, China
Plans	Free Go $8 Plus $20 Pro $100/$200/$500 Business $25 (annual $20) Enterprise/Edu	Free Go ¥49 Plus ¥99 Pro ¥199 Max ¥699 (official CNY monthly billing, ¥39/¥79/¥159/¥559 per month with yearly billing, no official USD price, ¥49 ≈ $7.3 converted) Existing Andante to Allegro are legacy Vivace (overseas only, price not disclosed) API pay-as-you-go
Pros	No. 1 in users, so plenty of guides and tips Widest range of features Polished app and voice chat	Free long-document analysis Models released as open source Good coding and agent performance
Cons	Tight usage limits on the free plan Top features need the expensive Pro plans	Low name recognition in Korea Data concerns because it is a Chinese service

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Prices converted at 1 USD = ₩1,325.57 (2026-10-21). Original price shown in brackets. Taxes as listed by each provider.