MiniMax LLM API Models & Pricing

Browse MiniMax LLM API models with normalized prompt pricing, output pricing, context windows, release dates, and popularity signals.

9Models tracked
9Priced models
8Popular models
1Latest releases

Provider shortlist

Use MiniMax as a model-level shortlist, not a single default choice.

Start from the cost, context, and popularity picks below, then open the model pages or head-to-head comparisons before choosing an API.

Cost pick MiniMax M2.5 (free) $0 sample workload
Context pick MiniMax M3 1.05M context window
Popular pick MiniMax M3 #4 popularity signal
When to avoid Verify model fit Do not choose by provider name alone. Compare model-level input price, output price, context window, release timing, and current availability before production use.

MiniMax comparisons

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ComparisonSample Cost WinnerLarger ContextNewest Release
🔥DeepSeek V4 Flash vs New🔥MiniMax M3DeepSeek V4 FlashTie
🔥Hy3 preview vs New🔥MiniMax M3Hy3 previewMiniMax M3
🔥MiMo-V2.5 vs New🔥MiniMax M3MiMo-V2.5Tie
New🔥MiniMax M3 vs 🔥DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek V4 ProTie
New🔥MiniMax M3 vs 🔥Claude Sonnet 4.6MiniMax M3MiniMax M3
New🔥MiniMax M3 vs 🔥Owl AlphaOwl AlphaOwl Alpha
New🔥MiniMax M3 vs 🔥Claude Opus 4.7MiniMax M3MiniMax M3
New🔥MiniMax M3 vs 🔥DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek V3.2MiniMax M3

Cross-Provider Alternatives

Open alternatives hub

Use this shortlist when MiniMax is not a hard requirement and your first constraint is workload cost.

AlternativeProviderSample CostInput / 1MOutput / 1MContext
🔥Owl AlphaOpenRouter$0$0$01.05M
New🔥Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)NVIDIA$0$0$01M
🔥Laguna M.1 (free)Poolside$0$0$0262.14K
Nemotron 3 Super (free)NVIDIA$0$0$01M
gpt-oss-120b (free)OpenAI$0$0$0131.07K
Laguna XS.2 (free)Poolside$0$0$0262.14K

MiniMax model catalog

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ModelPromptOutputContextPopularity
New🔥MiniMax M3$0.3$1.21.05M#4
MiniMax M2.7$0.18$0.72204.8K#25
MiniMax M2.5$0.12$0.48204.8K#40
MiniMax M2.1$0.29$0.95204.8K#176
MiniMax M2$0.255$1204.8K#198
MiniMax-01$0.2$1.11M#215
MiniMax M2-her$0.3$1.265.54K#216
MiniMax M1$0.4$2.21M#244
MiniMax M2.5 (free)$0$0204.8K