Estimate
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"hardware_tier": "gcp_gpu_t4",
"policies": 1,
"hours": 1
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate"
payload = {
"hardware_tier": "gcp_gpu_t4",
"policies": 1,
"hours": 1
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({hardware_tier: 'gcp_gpu_t4', policies: 1, hours: 1})
};
fetch('https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'hardware_tier' => 'gcp_gpu_t4',
'policies' => 1,
'hours' => 1
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"hardware_tier\": \"gcp_gpu_t4\",\n \"policies\": 1,\n \"hours\": 1\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"hardware_tier\": \"gcp_gpu_t4\",\n \"policies\": 1,\n \"hours\": 1\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"hardware_tier\": \"gcp_gpu_t4\",\n \"policies\": 1,\n \"hours\": 1\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"assumptions": {
"hardware_tier": "gcp_gpu_t4",
"hours": 1,
"policies": 2
},
"object": "training_run_estimate",
"tokens": 1000,
"tokens_per_run": 500
}{
"error": {
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"param": "<string>",
"request_id": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"param": "<string>",
"request_id": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"param": "<string>",
"request_id": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"param": "<string>",
"request_id": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}Training runs
Estimate
Token cost estimate. Runs reserve one GPU-hour up front; a run that goes longer is not charged extra, so treat this as the price of the stated assumptions.
POST
/
v1
/
training_runs
/
estimate
Estimate
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"hardware_tier": "gcp_gpu_t4",
"policies": 1,
"hours": 1
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate"
payload = {
"hardware_tier": "gcp_gpu_t4",
"policies": 1,
"hours": 1
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({hardware_tier: 'gcp_gpu_t4', policies: 1, hours: 1})
};
fetch('https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'hardware_tier' => 'gcp_gpu_t4',
'policies' => 1,
'hours' => 1
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"hardware_tier\": \"gcp_gpu_t4\",\n \"policies\": 1,\n \"hours\": 1\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"hardware_tier\": \"gcp_gpu_t4\",\n \"policies\": 1,\n \"hours\": 1\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.kiteml.com/v1/training_runs/estimate")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"hardware_tier\": \"gcp_gpu_t4\",\n \"policies\": 1,\n \"hours\": 1\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"assumptions": {
"hardware_tier": "gcp_gpu_t4",
"hours": 1,
"policies": 2
},
"object": "training_run_estimate",
"tokens": 1000,
"tokens_per_run": 500
}{
"error": {
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"param": "<string>",
"request_id": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"param": "<string>",
"request_id": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"param": "<string>",
"request_id": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"type": "<string>",
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"param": "<string>",
"request_id": "<string>",
"details": {}
}
}Authorizations
A Kite API key (kite_...), from Platform API → Keys in the dashboard.
Headers
The dated contract your code was written against. Without it you get 2026-09-27; every response says which version served it.
Available options:
2026-09-27 Body
application/json
Response
The estimate
What training would cost, in tokens.
Available options:
training_run_estimate Allowed value:
"training_run_estimate"For every run: tokens_per_run × assumptions.policies
The tier's hourly rate × hours (at least one hour); 0 for a CPU or unknown tier
The request, with its defaults filled in
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