OpenAI-compatible API · Billed in NZD

KiwiMate for Developers

Add KiwiMate's New Zealand-made models to your own apps. Works with the OpenAI SDKs you already use. You pay per token in NZ dollars, and your first key comes with $5 of free credit.

Get your API key Read the docs Try the playground →

curl https://gznrhppouxwpfihlfgpb.supabase.co/functions/v1/api-chat-completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KIWIMATE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "kiwimate-medium-1-0",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Kia ora! Suggest three day trips from Wellington."
      }
    ]
  }'

Everything you need to ship

One chat completions endpoint, four models, and features that work the way you already expect.

OpenAI-compatible

Point the official OpenAI SDK for Python or Node.js at KiwiMate and keep the code you already have. Same request and response shapes, same streaming format.

Vision on every model

Send images alongside text as base64 data URLs, up to 4 per message. Every KiwiMate 1.0 language model can see.

Thinking mode

Ask Small, Medium and Large to reason before answering. The thinking trace comes back separately in reasoning_content, so your UI can show or hide it.

Real streaming

Server-sent events delivered token by token as the model writes, so chat interfaces feel instant.

Pay-as-you-go in NZD

Per-token pricing in New Zealand dollars with no monthly fees. Start with $5 of free credit and top up by card whenever you need more.

Open weights, too

Every KiwiMate 1.0 language model is also published on Hugging Face and Ollama, so you can run it yourself when the hosted API isn't the right fit.

Models & pricing

Prices are in NZD per million tokens. Your balance is shared by all your keys, and failed requests are never charged.

Model	Size	Vision	Thinking	Input	Output
kiwimate-mini-1-0 The next generation of Mini — now multimodal.	3B	Yes	No	$1	$3
kiwimate-small-1-0 A leaner, faster follow-up to Small-Preview.	9B	Yes	Yes	$2	$5
kiwimate-medium-1-0 A larger, more capable model for demanding Kiwi intelligence.	27B	Yes	Yes	$4	$8
kiwimate-large-1-0 Our flagship model — maximum capability for the most demanding tasks.	36B	Yes	Yes	$5	$10

Minimum charge: each request is rounded up to the nearest cent, so every successful call costs at least $0.01.
Rate limit: 60 requests per minute per key.
Image models: KiwiMate-Image-Mini-1.0, KiwiMate-Image-Fast-1.0, KiwiMate-Image-Pro-1.0 can't be called through the API yet. The live ones are available in web chat.
See every model, including licences and context lengths, on the models page.

Estimate your costs

Charged per request, rounded up to the nearest cent.

Model

Input tokens / request

Output tokens / request

Requests / day

Per request: $0.01
Per 30 days: $60.00 NZD

Your $5 trial credit covers about 500 requests like this.

Up and running in minutes

1
Create an API key
Sign in and open the console. Your first key comes with $5 NZD of trial credit.
2
Store it safely
Keep the key on your server in an environment variable. Never ship it in a browser or mobile app.
3
Make your first request
Use cURL or the OpenAI SDK with KiwiMate's base URL, or try prompts in the playground first.

Terminal

export KIWIMATE_API_KEY="sk-km-..."

# Optional: the OpenAI SDK for your language
pip install openai   # Python
npm install openai   # Node.js

Then run any example from the quickstart. Every example reads your key from this variable.

From the same dev

KiwiMateCoder

An AI coding assistant that runs in your terminal. It reads, edits and runs code in your project with the model provider of your choice. Bring your own API key, and it's open source on GitHub.

Visit kiwimatecoder.com View on GitHub

Use KiwiMate from KiwiMateCoder

# Experimental: chat only for now
kiwimatecoder setup --provider kiwimate

Point KiwiMateCoder at the KiwiMate API with your key from the console.

Ready to build something Kiwi?

Create a key in under a minute. No card needed to start.

Open the console API reference