MiniMax pricing
How MiniMax charges, what to know before you commit, and what you'd pay at your usage — next to what the alternatives would cost for the same thing.
How it charges
Checked 2026-10-07 on platform.minimax.io ↗ · USD, list pricesIn short
Pay per token: $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens on MiniMax-M3 for requests up to 512K input tokens.
- Free plan
- Yes
- Side project
- $2.70/mo MiniMax-M3
- Growing
- $27/mo MiniMax-M3
- Scaling
- $540/mo MiniMax-M3
What the model leaves out
Cache reads cost $0.06 per million. The small MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-Preview is sold only through subscription plans, not pay-as-you-go. Mainland prices (platform.minimaxi.com) are in yuan.
Before you commit
- Requests over 512K input tokens cost twice as much ($0.60 / $2.40 per million).
- The page shows M3 at a 'permanent 50% off' a list price of $0.60 / $2.40.
- The priority service tier costs 1.5× the standard price.
| Plan | Monthly fee | Input tokens per month | Output tokens per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax-M3 | None | $0.3 per million tokens | $1.2 per million tokens |
What you'd pay
MiniMax-M350 million tokens × $0.3 per million tokens + 10 million tokens × $1.2 per million tokens$27/mo
Cost as you grow
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