MiniMax-01 pricing.
prices as of · 4 providers · 4 prices
MiniMax-01 holds 1M tokens of context and reads images as well as text. Open weights, so anyone may host it, which is why the prices below differ so much.
MiniMax-01 costs $0.20 in and $1.10 out per million tokens from MiniMax; the cheapest price we can explain is $1.54 at NanoGPT, checked 16 Sept 2026.
MiniMax list price
$1.70/M tokens
$0.20 in · $1.10 out
read · 52% below the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$1.54/M tokens
$0.14 in · $1.12 out · 9% under list
NanoGPTread
What it costs for your work
MiniMax list price
$0.186a month
cheapest we can explain · NanoGPT
$0.151a month
difference
$0.035saved
A page is about 600 tokens in and 60 out, a support reply 200 in and 300 out, an email 150 in and 250 out. Nothing else is counted: no cache discount, no batch rate, no free tier.
Every provider selling MiniMax-01
Four groups, decided by the price and by what the provider publishes about it. Prices are per million tokens, and the share is that row against MiniMax's price.
The maker's list price
1 priceWhat the lab that trained the model charges on its own API.
MiniMaxThe price MiniMax charges for the model it trained. Every row below is measured against it.
$0.20 / $1.10in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and we know why
1 priceBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
$0.14 / $1.12in / out per M
0.91×of list price
Same price as the maker
2 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.20 / $1.10in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.20 / $1.10in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Frequently asked
- Who sells MiniMax-01 cheapest?
- NanoGPT, at $0.14 in and $1.12 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
- Is MiniMax-01 open weights?
- Yes. MiniMax publishes the weights, so anyone may host MiniMax-01, which is why 4 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does MiniMax-01 hold?
- 1,000,192 tokens in one call, which is about 1M.
- How does MiniMax-01 compare with the rest of the market?
- At $1.70 per million tokens, MiniMax's price is 52% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.