GLM-4.5-Air vs MiniMax-01
Prices checked
GLM-4.5-Air and MiniMax-01 split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
Z.aiGLM-4.5-Air
131k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.16/M tokensCheapest price, at ZenMux · 8.7¢ per 1,000 pages
MiniMaxMiniMax-01
1M context · reads images · open weights
$0.39/M tokensCheapest price, at NanoGPT · $0.15 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.20/M
$0.20/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$1.10/M
$1.10/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.16/M at ZenMux
$0.39/M at NanoGPT
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.43/M
$0.43/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
8.7¢
$0.15
Context
131k tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
no
Structured output
not published
no
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
28 Jul 2025
15 Jan 2025
Providers selling it
24
5
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 4
NanoGPT$0.31 / $0.39
Kilo Gateway$0.31 / $0.42
OpenRouter$0.31 / $0.42
LLM Gateway$0.42 / $0.42
GLM-4.5-Air, then MiniMax-01, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
- NanoGPT · 7% dearer · $0.13 / $0.85 $0.12 / $0.80
- NanoGPT · 7% dearer · $0.13 / $0.85 $0.12 / $0.80
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5-Air or MiniMax-01?
- GLM-4.5-Air, at $0.16 per million tokens against $0.39 for MiniMax-01, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- GLM-4.5-Air: $0.16 at ZenMux. MiniMax-01: $0.39 at NanoGPT.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter, LLM Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- MiniMax-01, at 1M tokens against 131k.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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