MiniMax-M3 pricing.

Prices checked

MiniMax-M3 costs $0.30 in and $1.20 out per million tokens from MiniMax; the cheapest price is $0.38 at Vultr Serverless Inference, checked .

MiniMax's own price

MiniMax

$0.52/M tokens

$0.30 in · $1.20 out

40% below the typical price of the 392 text models we track.

Cheapest price

Vultr Serverless Inference

$0.38/M tokens

$0.20 in · $0.90 out

29% less than MiniMax, and the provider says why.

tool callingreads imagesreasoningopen weights1M contextreleased 1 Jun 2026

Every provider selling MiniMax-M3

  1. 1

    Vultr Serverless Inference

    Runs it themselves

    $0.20 in · $0.90 out · 524k context here

    $0.38/M tokens
  2. 2

    $0.23 in · $0.90 out

    $0.39/M tokens
  3. 3

    CoreWeave

    Runs it themselves

    $0.23 in · $0.96 out · 262k context here

    $0.41/M tokens
  4. 4

    NanoGPT

    Resells

    $0.23 in · $0.96 out · 512k context here

    $0.41/M tokens
  5. 5

    NanoGPT

    Resells

    $0.23 in · $0.96 out · 512k context here

    $0.41/M tokens
  6. 6

    CoreWeave

    Lower precision (fp4)

    $0.23 in · $0.96 out · 262k context here

    $0.41/M tokens
  7. 7

    $0.23 in · $0.96 out

    price from , a change is being checked
    $0.41/M tokens
  8. 8

    Vancine

    Runs it themselves

    $0.24 in · $0.96 out

    $0.42/M tokens
  9. 9

    GMI Cloud

    Lower precision (fp8)

    $0.24 in · $0.96 out

    $0.42/M tokens
  10. 10

    $0.24 in · $1.01 out

    $0.44/M tokens
  11. 11

    Avian

    Runs it themselves

    $0.26 in · $1.02 out · 524k context here

    $0.45/M tokens
  12. 12

    $0.28 in · $1.10 out

    $0.49/M tokens
  13. 13

    Boundless

    Resells

    $0.28 in · $1.10 out

    $0.49/M tokens
  14. 14

    Lilac

    Resells

    $0.28 in · $1.10 out

    $0.49/M tokens
  15. 15

    DeepInfra

    Resells

    $0.28 in · $1.10 out · 524k context here

    $0.49/M tokens
  16. 16

    DeepInfra

    Resells

    $0.28 in · $1.10 out · 524k context here

    $0.49/M tokens
  17. 17

    AIHubMix

    Resells

    $0.29 in · $1.15 out

    $0.50/M tokens
  18. 18

    IteraCompute

    Same as maker

    $0.30 in · $1.19 out

    $0.52/M tokens
  19. 19

    OpenRouter

    Same as maker

    $0.30 in · $1.20 out

    $0.52/M tokens
  20. 20

    CommandCode

    Same as maker

    $0.30 in · $1.20 out

    $0.52/M tokens
  21. 21

    Vercel AI Gateway

    Same as maker

    $0.30 in · $1.20 out · 512k context here

    $0.52/M tokens
  22. 22

    $0.30 in · $1.20 out

    $0.52/M tokens
  23. 23

    OpenCode

    Same as maker

    $0.30 in · $1.20 out · 512k context here

    $0.52/M tokens
  24. 24

    Jalapeno Cloud

    Same as maker

    $0.30 in · $1.20 out · 524k context here

    $0.52/M tokens
  25. 25

    OrcaRouter

    Same as maker

    $0.30 in · $1.20 out

    $0.52/M tokens

Not ranked

Below the maker's own price with nothing published to account for it, from a catalog we could not read reliably, or a free tier, which is a limit rather than a price. Why

  1. Volcengine Ark Coding Plan

    Free tier

    given away with limits

    free
  2. MiniMax Token Plan (minimax.io)

    Free tier

    given away with limits

    free
  3. SCNet Token Plan

    Free tier

    given away with limits

    free
  4. MiniMax Token Plan (minimax.cn)

    Free tier

    given away with limits

    free
  5. Featherless

    Not ranked

    $0.55 in · $2.20 out · 262k context here

    $0.96/M tokens
  6. SambaNova

    Not ranked

    $0.60 in · $2.40 out

    $1.05/M tokens
  7. Kenari

    Not ranked

    $0.63 in · $2.50 out

    $1.10/M tokens
  8. Ambient

    Not ranked

    $230,000 in · $960,000 out · 131k context here

    $412,500/M tokens

Something else wrong?

What it costs for your work
pages a month
$0.25

A month at MiniMax's own price

$0.17

A month at Vultr Serverless Inference, the cheapest

$0.08

What you save

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.

Evidence
Capability 67.3of 100

LiveBench · minimax-m3 · published configuration; effort not stated. Published 15 Oct 2026, read 31 Oct 2026.

How it is calculated

Each is a measurement of the stated version and configuration. Two benchmarks are not the same test, and a score is not the chance your own work succeeds.

How we count

Prices are per million tokens. The big number on each row is blended 3 in : 1 out, the way most work uses a model. A price below MiniMax's own is listed as cheapest only when the provider says why.

Runs it themselves
The provider runs the open weights on hardware of its own, so the price is its own rather than a resale.
Resells
The provider sells another company's endpoint, at a margin of its own or at the maker's price.
Lower precision
The open weights, served at a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
Credits
Priced in credits or points that convert to dollars, so the rate moves when the conversion does.
Same as maker
Sold by someone else at the price the maker charges.
Maker's price
What the lab that trained the model charges on its own API. Every other row is measured against it.
Costs more
Sold by someone else for more than the maker charges.
Free tier
Given away inside a quota. A limit is not a price, so it is never called cheapest.
Not ranked
Below the maker's price on a closed model with nothing to account for it, or from a catalog we could not read reliably. Listed, and never a pick.

Similar models

Models from other labs that do what MiniMax-M3 does, cheapest first. Each percentage is against MiniMax-M3's cheapest price, $0.38 per M tokens.

Frequently asked

Who sells MiniMax-M3 cheapest?
Vultr Serverless Inference, at $0.20 in and $0.90 out per million tokens, checked 31 Oct 2026. The provider runs the open weights on hardware of its own, so the price is its own rather than a resale.
Is MiniMax-M3 open weights?
Yes. MiniMax publishes the weights, so anyone may host MiniMax-M3, which is why 69 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
How much context does MiniMax-M3 hold?
1,000,000 tokens in one call, which is about 1M, and it can call your own functions.
How does MiniMax-M3 compare with the rest of the market?
At $0.52 per million tokens, MiniMax's own price is 40% below the typical $0.88 across the 392 text models we track.

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