A side-by-side comparison of Claude Opus 4.8 and Kimi K2.8 Preview: input/output pricing, capabilities and available endpoints, served live from openbat.ai. Both are reachable with the same API key.
| Item | Claude Opus 4.8 | Kimi K2.8 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Input (per 1M tokens) | $4.5 | $0.55 |
| Output (per 1M tokens) | $22.5 | $2.2 |
| Cache read explicit (per 1M tokens) | $0.45 | $0.1375 |
| Cache write 5m (per 1M tokens) | $5.625 | — |
| Item | Claude Opus 4.8 | Kimi K2.8 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max output | 128,000 | 131,072 |
| Item | Claude Opus 4.8 | Kimi K2.8 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| function_calling | Yes | Yes |
| prompt_caching | Yes | Yes |
| reasoning | — | Yes |
| vision | Yes | — |
| web_search | — | Yes |
On input, Kimi K2.8 Preview is cheaper ($4.5 vs $0.55 per 1M tokens). On output, Kimi K2.8 Preview is cheaper ($22.5 vs $2.2 per 1M tokens). All prices are per million tokens in USD.
Kimi K2.8 Preview does — Claude Opus 4.8 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens and Kimi K2.8 Preview accepts 1,048,576.
both support function_calling, prompt_caching; only Claude Opus 4.8 supports vision; only Kimi K2.8 Preview supports reasoning, web_search.
Yes. Both are available on openbat.ai through one API key and the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint — switching means changing the model field from "claude-opus-4-8" to "kimi-k2.8-preview", nothing else.
Both are available on openbat.ai under one API key — switching between them means changing the model field and nothing else, so you can use each where it fits rather than picking one.