Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Kimi K2.8 Preview

A side-by-side comparison of Claude Haiku 5.5 and Kimi K2.8 Preview: input/output pricing, capabilities and available endpoints, served live from 聚合 AI 中转站. Both are reachable with the same API key.

Pricing comparison

ItemClaude Haiku 5.5Kimi K2.8 Preview
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.1$0.5
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.5$2
Cache read explicit (per 1M tokens)$0.01$0.125
Cache write 5m (per 1M tokens)$0.125—

Specifications

ItemClaude Haiku 5.5Kimi K2.8 Preview
Context window1,000,0001,048,576
Max output128,000131,072

Capability comparison

ItemClaude Haiku 5.5Kimi K2.8 Preview
function_callingYesYes
prompt_cachingYesYes
reasoning—Yes
visionYes—
web_search—Yes

Which should you pick

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Kimi K2.8 Preview?

On input, Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper ($0.1 vs $0.5 per 1M tokens). On output, Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper ($0.5 vs $2 per 1M tokens). All prices are per million tokens in USD.

Which has the larger context window, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Kimi K2.8 Preview?

Kimi K2.8 Preview does — Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens and Kimi K2.8 Preview accepts 1,048,576.

What can Claude Haiku 5.5 do that Kimi K2.8 Preview cannot?

both support function_calling, prompt_caching; only Claude Haiku 5.5 supports vision; only Kimi K2.8 Preview supports reasoning, web_search.

Can I switch between Claude Haiku 5.5 and Kimi K2.8 Preview without changing my code?

Yes. Both are available on 聚合 AI 中转站 through one API key and the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint — switching means changing the model field from "claude-haiku-5-5" to "kimi-k2.8-preview", nothing else.

Both are available on 聚合 AI 中转站 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.

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