Powerdrill Bloom vs. Kimi K3.1 Pro: Features, Pricing, and Best Use Cases (2026)

Powerdrill Bloom·November 5, 2026

Powerdrill Bloom and Kimi K3.1 Pro both promise finished work, such as slides, spreadsheets, and research. They come at it from different sides. Kimi K3.1 Pro is Moonshot AI's newest open-weight model, and it powers the Kimi app, Kimi Work, and the Kimi API. Powerdrill Bloom is an AI workspace that starts from your data files and databases.

Moonshot launched K3.1 Pro on October 23, 2026, and promised the full weights by November 4. This comparison uses only each company's own pages: the launch post, the model card, the App Store listing, and pricing pages. Details were read on November 5, 2026.

The short version

	Kimi K3.1 Pro	Powerdrill Bloom
What it is	An open-weight model that powers the Kimi app, Kimi Work, Kimi Code, and the API	An AI workspace for analysis, reports, and slides
Best for	Broad agent tasks: slides, websites, 3D, coding, and finance research	Reports and decks built from spreadsheets, PDFs, and databases
Starting point	A prompt, a topic, files, or a visual reference	Uploaded data files, a database, or a topic
Slides	AI Slides from a topic or visual reference	Slides from Excel, CSV, PDF, or a topic
Data work	Excel formulas and charts from data	SQL, charts, and reports, with each number traced to its source
Run it yourself	Yes, open weights under the Kimi K3.1 Pro License	On-premise or private cloud options for data that cannot leave your network
Starting price	Free app; App Store lists Plus at $19.00	Free $0.00; Pro $13.27/mo

Two different starting points

The easiest way to compare them is to ask what you hand over first.

With Kimi, you start with a request. You type a goal, attach a file, or share a visual reference. The agent then plans the work and builds the result, whether that is a deck, a website, or a 3D model.

With Powerdrill Bloom, you start with data. You upload a sales export, a finance file, or a PDF report, or you connect a database. The workspace analyzes it and then builds the charts, the report, and the slides around the numbers.

That shapes who gets the most from each. A person who wants one agent for many kinds of task gets range from Kimi. A person whose work begins and ends with a spreadsheet gets a tool built around that file.

Both still need a human check. Moonshot labels its own accuracy test "a stress test" and says its rates "do not represent overall error rates in daily use." Powerdrill Bloom shows the source behind each number so you can verify it.

What Kimi K3.1 Pro and the Kimi app do

Moonshot calls K3.1 Pro "the first model in our new K3.1 series." It says the model "delivers substantial improvements across coding, 3D creation, financial research, and other agentic capabilities."

The model card on Hugging Face lists the main specs:

Size. A Mixture-of-Experts design with 2.8T total parameters and 104B activated.
Context. A context length of 1,048,576 tokens.
Inputs. Text and images, with a MoonViT-V2 vision encoder.
License. Released under the Kimi K3.1 Pro License.

A faster version ships alongside it. Moonshot says K3.1 Pro Highspeed "delivers 2-3× the speed of K3.1 Pro for more responsive interactions."

The model runs inside Moonshot's products. The launch post says both versions "are available today on Kimi.com, Kimi Work, Kimi Code, and the Kimi API."

The Kimi app's US App Store listing shows what that means for everyday work. It says the agent "tackles work like slides & data analysis." Its key features include:

AI Slides. "Make a professional PowerPoint presentation from just a topic or visual reference."
Office Agent. File conversions between PDF, Word, and Excel. It can also "Generate Excel formulas and turn data into charts."
Agent Swarm. Kimi "coordinates up to 300 AI agents across 4,000 parallel steps."
Plugins. "Connect to authoritative data sources like Wind and S&P."
Remote Control. Control Kimi Work on your computer from your phone.

The model is also a strong coder by Moonshot's numbers. The launch post cites Terminal-Bench 4.0, a test of coding agents. It says "K3.1 Pro scores 65.7%, ahead of GPT-6 Astra (58.2%) and narrowly behind Claude Opus 5.5 (66.4%)." That matters if you plan to build tools or websites with it. It matters less if your goal is a monthly report.

On November 5, kimi.com displayed in Simplified Chinese from our location. Its task menu listed slides, deep research, documents, app building, spreadsheets, and design.

What Powerdrill Bloom does

Powerdrill Bloom is an AI workspace that turns files, databases, and open data into analysis, reports, and slides. Its homepage calls it "The AI data analyst that shows its work."

Its main abilities for this comparison:

Reports from data. The AI Report Generator says "Simply upload your data file, and let the AI do the rest."
Slides from files. The Excel to PPT tool says it can "Create professional PowerPoint slides in seconds from any topic, Excel, CSV or PDF."
Database questions. The Text to SQL page says it can "translate natural language queries into accurate SQL commands."
Financial analysis. The AI Financial Analysis Tool covers ratios, trends, anomalies, and narrative from your P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
Traceable numbers. The homepage says "Every number comes back with the page, the row and the figure behind it."

It is built for people whose work starts in a spreadsheet or a database, such as analysts, finance teams, and managers.

Slides and presentations

Both tools make decks. They differ in what the deck is built from.

Kimi. AI Slides works from "just a topic or visual reference," according to the App Store listing. Kimi says it turns ideas "into polished slides, with designer-quality layouts." This suits pitch decks, lesson slides, and topic overviews.

Powerdrill Bloom. The Excel to PPT tool starts from a spreadsheet, a CSV, a PDF, or a topic. The charts come from your rows, so a revenue slide shows your revenue. The Nano Banana slides page lists styles such as McKinsey and Executive.

For a deck about an idea, Kimi's topic-first flow is quick. For a deck about last quarter's numbers, starting from the file saves the step of rebuilding each chart.

Spreadsheets, charts, and data analysis

Both tools work with spreadsheets, at different depths.

Kimi. The Office Agent can "Generate Excel formulas and turn data into charts." It also converts PDF to Excel. Moonshot's launch post names financial modeling as one focus of the new model.

Powerdrill Bloom. Analysis is the core of the product. You can upload Excel, CSV, or PDF files, or connect a MySQL database. The Text to SQL page says it "not only generates SQL queries but also automatically execute the SQL queries." It then builds charts and dashboards from the results.

A simple test is to ask where the numbers end up. If you want a formula written into your workbook, Kimi's Office Agent fits. If you want a finished chart and summary from a large export or database, Powerdrill Bloom fits.

Financial research and reports

Finance gets its own section in Moonshot's launch post. It says "K3.1 Pro is capable of end-to-end delivery of complete financial workflows."

Moonshot backs this with test results:

OfficeQA Pro v2. K3.1 Pro scored 64.4. Moonshot says the test covers "complex fiscal data analysis over real financial documents."
Factual accuracy. On an internal stress test, the claim-level hallucination rate "fell from 23.4% for K3 to 8.3%."
Plugins. The app connects to data sources such as Wind and S&P.

These are Moonshot's own numbers on its own tests. They show where the model was trained to improve, not how it will do on your files.

Powerdrill Bloom approaches finance from the company's own records. The AI Financial Analysis Tool asks you to upload "P&L, balance sheet and cash flow exports from your accounting system." It returns a ratio dashboard, trend lines across periods, and an anomaly flag report. You then export the analysis as a branded PDF, deck, or canvas link.

So the split is clear. Kimi aims at research across public documents and data providers. Powerdrill Bloom aims at analysis of your own financial exports.

Checking the numbers. When a tool hands you a finished deck or report, you need a way to check it.

Kimi. Moonshot reports better factual accuracy for K3.1 Pro. It also says its accuracy test was "deliberately crafted to probe situations where models are prone to errors." Plugins add what the listing calls authoritative data sources for finance work. The App Store listing does not describe a source link on each number.

Powerdrill Bloom. Each number is tied to its source. The homepage promise is that every figure comes back with the page and the row behind it. For a board deck or a finance review, that makes spot checks fast.

Whichever tool you use, check the three numbers that matter most before you send anything.

Open weights and where the model runs

This is the biggest structural difference between the two.

Kimi K3.1 Pro has open weights. By November 5, the model card was live on Hugging Face under the Kimi K3.1 Pro License. Teams with large hardware budgets can run the model themselves. At 2.8T total parameters, that is a data center job, not a laptop one.

Powerdrill Bloom is a workspace, not a model. You do not download it. But its homepage says it "Runs on-premise or in your private cloud, for data that cannot leave your network." That covers the main reason many companies want to self-host: keeping data inside their walls.

For most individual users, neither point matters much. Both are used through a browser or an app. For IT and security teams, the choice is between hosting a model and deploying a workspace.

The open weights also change the cost picture for developers. A company can call the hosted API, or it can serve the model on its own hardware. The model card lists recommended inference engines for teams that choose to self-host.

Getting good results from each

Both tools respond better to clear requests. The habits that help differ a little.

With Moonshot's app:

Give a reference for slides. AI Slides can work from a topic or a visual reference. A sample deck or a screenshot of a style you like helps the layout match your brand.
State the audience and length. Say who the deck is for and how many slides you want. An open request tends to produce a long deck.
Split big jobs. Agent Swarm is built for large research projects. For a short task, a single focused request is easier to review.
Name your data sources. If you use plugins such as Wind or S&P, say which figures should come from them.

With Powerdrill Bloom:

Clean the file first. One header row and clear column names make the analysis more reliable.
Ask for the analysis, then the deck. Request the totals, changes, and charts you need. Review them, then ask for slides.
Check the source links. Open the source behind your three most important numbers before you share anything.
Schedule the repeat work. If you build the same report every month, a scheduled task can run it for you. Pro includes 20.

For both, keep the first request short and specific. You can always add detail in a follow-up. A focused request is also easier to check, because you know exactly what you asked for.

The same task, run in both

Picture a common request. You have a CSV of 12 months of sales by region. You need a five-slide deck for Monday's team meeting.

In Kimi. You upload the CSV and ask for a five-slide deck on regional sales trends. The listing says the Office Agent can turn data into charts, and AI Slides builds the deck. You then refine the layout and wording in the chat.

In Powerdrill Bloom. You upload the same CSV and ask for monthly totals by region, the top three changes, and a five-slide deck. Powerdrill Bloom runs the analysis first, shows the charts with their sources, then exports the slides.

Both get you to a deck. The difference is the middle step. Kimi goes from request to deck. Powerdrill Bloom shows you the analysis before the deck, so you can check the numbers first.

Where each one falls short

No tool covers every job. Each has gaps worth knowing before you commit.

Moonshot's app:

The website showed a Chinese interface from our location, so English users may rely on the app.
The App Store list shows plan prices but not the billing period for each plan.
Running the open weights yourself needs data center hardware.
Its finance results come from Moonshot's own tests, so try it on your own files.

Powerdrill Bloom:

Its pages describe analysis, reports, and slides, including 3D-style slide visuals. They do not describe 3D model files or games.
It is not offered as a downloadable model.
Usage is credit-based, so heavy analysis draws down the allowance faster.

Pricing compared

Prices come from each vendor's own pages on November 5.

	Kimi	Powerdrill Bloom
Free option	Free app download	Free plan, $0.00
Paid plans	App Store in-app purchases: Plus $19.00, Pro $39.00, Max $99.00, Ultra $199.00	Pro $13.27/mo
Annual option	App Store lists a Plus Annual Pass at $180.99	—
Billing notes	The App Store list does not state the billing period for each plan	Free includes 1,000 daily refreshed credits
Developers	Kimi API, plus open weights	Not offered as a model

The App Store also lists older plan names, such as Moderato and Allegretto, at the same prices. Kimi's own website showed a Chinese interface from our location, so the App Store list is used here.

Powerdrill Bloom's pricing page lists Free at $0.00 and Pro at $13.27/mo. Free includes "Create basic slides, docs, sheets, and images" and 1 scheduled task. Pro adds 20 scheduled tasks.

Who each one suits

Choose Kimi K3.1 Pro if:

You want one agent for many task types, from slides to websites to 3D models.
You need finance research that draws on public filings and data providers.
You want open weights you can host yourself.
You want an app listed in English and 15 more languages on the App Store.

Choose Powerdrill Bloom if:

Your work starts with spreadsheets, PDFs, or a database.
Your reports and decks must match the source data line by line.
You run the same report every week or month.
Your company needs on-premise or private cloud deployment.

Use both if you want Kimi for open-ended research and drafts, and Powerdrill Bloom for the numbers behind the final deck.

Try Powerdrill Bloom with the spreadsheet behind your next report. For more context on the model itself, read our guide to Kimi K3.1 Pro.

Frequently asked questions

What is Kimi K3.1 Pro?

It is Moonshot AI's open-weight model, launched on October 23, 2026. It has 2.8T total parameters and a context window of about one million tokens. It powers the Kimi app, Kimi Work, Kimi Code, and the Kimi API.

Are the Kimi K3.1 Pro weights available?

Yes. Moonshot promised the full weights by November 4. By November 5, the model card was on Hugging Face under the Kimi K3.1 Pro License.

Can Kimi make PowerPoint slides?

Yes. Its App Store listing says AI Slides can make a PowerPoint presentation from a topic or visual reference. Powerdrill Bloom makes slides from Excel, CSV, PDF, or a topic.

How much does Kimi cost?

The Kimi app is free to download. The US App Store lists Plus at $19.00, Pro at $39.00, Max at $99.00, and Ultra at $199.00. It does not state the billing period for each.

Which is better for a data-heavy report?

Powerdrill Bloom is built for reports from your own spreadsheets and databases, with each number traced to its source. Kimi suits broader research and agent tasks across many file types.

Sources: Moonshot AI, Kimi K3.1 Pro launch post · Kimi K3.1 Pro model card on Hugging Face · Kimi on the App Store · Kimi. Details read on November 5, 2026.