Provider pricing
MiniMax AI API pricing
MiniMax builds the abab and M-series models, with MiniMax M2 as the current flagship — a 4M-token-context MoE with strong agentic, tool-use, and multimodal scores. The platform also offers TTS, voice cloning, and image/video models behind a single API.
Founded2021
HeadquartersShanghai, China
Tracked models13
Best for
Multimodal apps, voice products, and ultra-long-context workloads.
Strengths
- 4M token context on MiniMax M2 — the largest in production
- MoE efficiency keeps per-token pricing competitive with mid-tier models
- TTS, voice cloning, image, and video on the same API
- Strong agentic + tool-use benchmarks
Tracked MiniMax models
| Model | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | Tier | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax M3 | $0.500 | $2.20 | 4,000,000 | Flagship | Flagship MoE with 4M-token context — agentic reasoning and tool use |
| MiniMax M2 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 1,000,000 | Flagship | 230B MoE optimized for agentic coding and end-to-end tool use |
| MiniMax M1 | $0.400 | $2.20 | 1,000,000 | Reasoning | 456B MoE reasoning model with 1M-token context — first open M-series |
| MiniMax Pro | $0.900 | $2.70 | 256,000 | Flagship | Max-capability variant with extended-context reasoning and tool use |
| MiniMax Text-01 | $0.350 | $1.05 | 256,000 | Flagship | Long-context text flagship — strong reasoning and RAG |
| MiniMax VL-01 | $0.450 | $1.35 | 128,000 | Flagship | Vision-language MoE for multimodal reasoning and image understanding |
| abab6.5-chat | $0.300 | $0.300 | 245,000 | Mid-tier | Trillion-parameter MoE chat model with long context |
| abab6.5s-chat | $0.140 | $0.140 | 245,000 | Budget | Lighter, faster abab6.5 sibling for high-volume chat |
| abab6.5t-chat | $0.070 | $0.070 | 8,192 | Budget | Tiny abab6.5 variant for ultra-low-latency apps |
| MiniMax Text-Lite | $0.080 | $0.240 | 128,000 | Budget | Ultra-affordable entry model for chat and high-volume apps |
| MiniMax Speech-2.5 HD | $60.00 | $0 | 5,000 | Flagship | Multilingual expressive TTS (~$0.06/1K chars) — 30+ languages |
| abab7-chat | $0.400 | $0.400 | 256,000 | Mid-tier | Next-gen abab chat model with extended context and stronger reasoning |
| MiniMax M4 | $0.600 | $2.40 | 4,000,000 | Premium | Successor to M3 — 4M context with stronger agentic reasoning |