Kimi K2.8 Preview

Moonshot AI's K2.8 preview for coding and agent work, close to Kimi K3 with more efficient thinking and 1M context.

Input price: $1.0439
Output price: $4.3362

Context: 1M
Max output: 1M

30-day uptime: —

Released: 2026-09-11

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Providers

Providers that serve this model. With Auto, each request goes to the best available provider. Prices in USD per 1M tokens; stats cover the last 30 days.

AutoInput$1.0439Output$4.3362Cache read$0.27302Context1MMax output1MWe send each request to the best-priced healthy provider. You pay that provider’s price.Tencent Cloud TokenHubInput$1.0439Output$4.3362Cache read$0.27302ChinaNo training

Pricing

All prices for this model, by service tier.

Input: $1.0439; per 1M tokens
Output: $4.3362; per 1M tokens
Cache read: $0.27302; per 1M tokens
Cache write (5 min): $1.0439; per 1M tokens

Try it

Runs on your balance and is billed like any API request.

curl https://api.ohmygpt.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OHMYGPT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "moonshot/kimi-k2.8-preview",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello"
      }
    ]
  }'

import os

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["OHMYGPT_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://api.ohmygpt.com/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshot/kimi-k2.8-preview",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.OHMYGPT_API_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://api.ohmygpt.com/v1",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "moonshot/kimi-k2.8-preview",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

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