User burns through Kimi free quota via daily automations, weighs which subscription to buy

Inevitable_Fold_9081 · reddit · 2026-09-04

A free-plan user found that a scheduled daily automation drained her usage far faster than expected — even the instant model (not K3) ate credits that previously seemed free — leaving Kimi unusable until next month. She asks whether instant should be free and, as a college student using it for study management, whether to pick Moderato or Allegretto.

The thread also raises a common dilemma: in regions where Anthropic/OpenAI require a VPN, is sticking with Kimi worth it versus US models?

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