MiniMax M2.7 API pricing
MiniMax · Budget price tier · MiniMax Non-Commercial License · released 2026-04. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
Promotional rate. The price we quote is 30% off GMICloud's standard $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens, and a promotion can end without notice.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $73.50 on MiniMax M2.7; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B, does it for $71.00. The price we quote for MiniMax M2.7 has changed 7 times since 2026-08-15, most recently on 2026-11-06 when the quoted host changed (-30.0%); it is now the 102nd cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. None of its 2 hosts undercuts the price we quote. It is rated a stable release but does not meet all four criteria of the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.21 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.84 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.042 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 197K tokens
- Arena ELO: 1405 as of 2026-11-08
Market position
On blended price ($0.651 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 36% of models in the Budget price tier: 102nd cheapest of 160. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 67% of priced text models in the catalogue: 102nd cheapest of 303. Its Arena ELO of 1405 ranks 95th of the 160 models that carry one, above 41% of them. With an Arena score of 1405, MiniMax M2.7 sits below OptimNow's lowest working quality threshold, Standard (Arena 1420+), so the quality-bar method would not shortlist it for any of the 8 use cases the table prices. It is 15 points under the Standard bar (Arena 1420+), within the benchmark's 20-point noise. Each threshold is a distance below the best ranked model, which scores 1530 on Arena scores as of 8 Nov 2026.
Licence, size and capabilities
MiniMax M2.7 is open weights, which is not the same as open source: the weights are published, but under MiniMax Non-Commercial License, a licence that restricts some uses. Read it before self-hosting commercially. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 197K context window once costs $0.0414 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 2 different hosts. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 2 hosts: GMICloud at $0.21 input / $0.84 output per 1M tokens. It serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. The dearest, Groq, charges 2.2x the cheapest.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMICloud (price we quote) | $0.21 | $0.84 | fp8 |
| Groq | $0.60 | $1.80 | not declared |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown. GMICloud's listing is a promotional rate: 30% off its standard rate.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where MiniMax publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $58 – $74 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $86 – $109 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $294 – $311 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $195 – $204 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $206 – $231 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $74 – $82 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $97 – $101 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $307 – $378 |
Price history
MiniMax M2.7 has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens. The price we quote has changed 7 times since then, 5 of them a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The latest change, on 2026-11-06, was -30.0% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.21 input / $0.84 output (quoted host changed, not a repricing). Net of all changes, the blended price is -30.0% against 2026-08-15.
| Date | Old price (in / out) | New price (in / out) | Blended change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.21 / $0.84 | -30.0% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
| 2026-10-13 | $0.21 / $0.84 | $0.30 / $1.20 | +42.9% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
| 2026-09-29 | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.21 / $0.84 | -30.0% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
| 2026-09-28 | $0.21 / $0.84 | $0.30 / $1.20 | +42.9% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
| 2026-09-27 | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.21 / $0.84 | -30.0% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
2 earlier changes are not listed.
Alternatives to MiniMax M2.7
4 of the 4 comparable models below cost less than MiniMax M2.7: Qwen3.5-Flash undercuts it by 69%, for 8 Arena points less.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: Gemma 2 27B (Google) at $0.65 blended, under 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Alibaba) at $0.66 blended, 1% more.
The nearest models in the Budget price tier on Arena ELO, each with its blended price and score difference against MiniMax M2.7.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (Nvidia): $0.15 in / $0.47 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1407 (43% cheaper, 2 ELO points higher)
- Step 3.5 Flash (StepFun): $0.10 in / $0.30 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1403 (63% cheaper, 2 ELO points lower)
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic): $0.10 in / $0.50 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1399 (42% cheaper, 6 ELO points lower)
- Qwen3.5-Flash (Alibaba): $0.065 in / $0.26 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1397 (69% cheaper, 8 ELO points lower)
- Cheapest within 15 Arena points: Qwen3.5-Flash (Alibaba), 69% cheaper, 8 ELO points lower, out of 26 models in that band.
- Highest Arena ELO within 20% of this price: MiMo-V2.6-Pro (Xiaomi), 14% more expensive, 87 ELO points higher, out of 11 models in that price band.
Other models from MiniMax
MiniMax has 3 other models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash: $0.15 / $0.60
- MiniMax M2.5: $0.27 / $1.08
- MiniMax M3: $0.30 / $1.20
All 4 MiniMax models and prices
Common questions about MiniMax M2.7 pricing
- How much does MiniMax M2.7 cost?
- MiniMax M2.7 costs $0.21 per 1M input tokens and $0.84 per 1M output tokens at GMICloud, the host whose rate we quote. GMICloud serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for MiniMax M2.7?
- The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 2 hosts: GMICloud at $0.21 input / $0.84 output per 1M tokens. It serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. The dearest, Groq, charges 2.2x the cheapest. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does MiniMax M2.7 offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.042 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12. No batch pricing is published.
- What would MiniMax M2.7 cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $74 on MiniMax M2.7 at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can MiniMax M2.7 be self-hosted?
- Yes, within the terms of its licence. MiniMax M2.7 is open weights, which is not the same as open source: the weights are published, but under MiniMax Non-Commercial License, a licence that restricts some uses. Read it before self-hosting commercially.
- Has the price of MiniMax M2.7 changed?
- MiniMax M2.7 has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens. The price we quote has changed 7 times since then, 5 of them a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The latest change, on 2026-11-06, was -30.0% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.21 input / $0.84 output (quoted host changed, not a repricing). Net of all changes, the blended price is -30.0% against 2026-08-15.
Its weights are published, which changes what you may run yourself: the cost gap between open weights and proprietary APIs.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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