MiniMax M1 API Pricing
MiniMax · Mid-tier · Proprietary · released 2025-06. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-09-06.
- Input: $0.55 per 1M tokens
- Output: $2.20 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (input/output): not published
- Prompt-cache read: not published
- Context window: 1M
Cost per request by business use case
List price vs optimized (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where the provider publishes those rates).
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Cost/req (list) | Cost/req (optimized) | Monthly @100K req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $0.0019 | $0.0019 | $193 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $0.0029 | $0.0029 | $286 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $0.0081 | $0.0081 | $814 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $0.0053 | $0.0053 | $534 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $0.0061 | $0.0061 | $605 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $0.0021 | $0.0021 | $215 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $0.0026 | $0.0026 | $264 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $0.0099 | $0.0099 | $990 |
MiniMax M1 pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token — the lab that made it, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent provider. One model, several sellers, and often several prices. This model is sold by 2 different hosts. The price quoted above is the one we publish so that models stay comparable; it is not necessarily the cheapest way to buy this model. List prices as published on 2026-09-06 via OpenRouter — negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Minimax | $0.40 | $2.20 |
| Novita (the price shown above) — bf16 | $0.55 | $2.20 |
Common questions about MiniMax M1 pricing
- How much does MiniMax M1 cost?
- MiniMax M1 costs $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens on the API.
- Does MiniMax M1 offer batch or cached pricing?
- No batch or cache pricing is published for this model.
- What would MiniMax M1 cost per month?
- For a support-ticket workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens per request) at 100K requests/month, MiniMax M1 costs about $193 at list prices.
These are list prices: real cost also depends on caching, batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and existing contracts. Get a FinOps review from OptimNow or compare all models.
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