Estimate

POST

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

Authorization

string

header

required

A Kite API key (kite_...), from Platform API → Keys in the dashboard.

Headers

Kite-Version

enum<string>

default:2026-09-27

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

hardware_tier

string

default:gcp_gpu_t4

Maximum string length: 64

policies

integer

default:1

How many runs

Required range: 1 <= x <= 8

hours

number

default:1

How long you expect each run to train. It does not change the charge: a run is charged one GPU-hour however long it trains

Required range: x <= 72

Response

The estimate

What training would cost, in tokens.

object

enum<string>

required

Available options:

training_run_estimate

Allowed value: "training_run_estimate"

tokens

integer

required

What these runs are charged together, tokens_per_run × assumptions.policies. Your balance must cover it to create them

tokens_per_run

integer

required

What one run is charged: one GPU-hour at the tier's tokens_per_hour, however long it trains, taken when it starts. A run whose GPU job never starts is not charged. 0 on a CPU or unknown tier

assumptions

TrainingRunEstimateAssumptions · object

required

The request, with its defaults filled in

Show child attributes

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": {}
  }
}

API keys

Augmentations

Training runs

Catalog

Twins

RL runs

Operations

Webhooks

Usage

Authorizations

Headers

Body

Response