MiniMax M3 API Pricing
MiniMax · Budget · Proprietary · released 2026-06. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-09-11.
- Input: $0.30 per 1M tokens
- Output: $1.20 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (input/output): $0.30 / $1.20
- Prompt-cache read: $0.06
- Context window: 1M
- Arena ELO: 1443 (as of 2026-09-02)
- Available on: Direct API, OpenRouter (curated by hand, verify with the provider)
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 | $0.0010 | $0.000834 | $83 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $0.0016 | $0.0012 | $122 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $0.0044 | $0.0042 | $420 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $0.0029 | $0.0028 | $279 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $0.0033 | $0.0029 | $294 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $0.0012 | $0.0011 | $106 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $0.0014 | $0.0014 | $139 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $0.0054 | $0.0044 | $439 |
MiniMax M3 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 12 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 2026-09-11 via OpenRouter — negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown. These hosts do not all serve the model at the same numeric precision, so the cheapest is not a like-for-like substitute for the dearest.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| CoreWeave — fp4 | $0.23 | $0.96 |
| GMICloud — fp8 | $0.24 | $0.96 |
| DeepInfra — fp8 | $0.28 | $1.10 |
| StreamLake (the price shown above) — fp8 | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| Venice (the price shown above) — fp8 | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| Together (the price shown above) | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| Parasail (the price shown above) — fp8 | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| AtlasCloud (the price shown above) — fp8 | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| Novita (the price shown above) — fp8 | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| Minimax (the price shown above) — fp8 | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| SambaNova | $0.60 | $2.40 |
| ModelRun — fp4 | $0.75 | $3.00 |
Models comparable to MiniMax M3
The nearest Budget models on Arena ELO, so a substitution is compared on quality as well as price.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 (DeepSeek) — $0.09 in / $0.17 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1436
- GPT-5.6 Luna (OpenAI) — $0.20 in / $1.20 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1453
- Qwen3.7 Plus (Alibaba) — $0.32 in / $1.28 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1455
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 (DeepSeek) — $0.86 in / $1.72 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1458
MiniMax M3 head to head
Common questions about MiniMax M3 pricing
- How much does MiniMax M3 cost?
- MiniMax M3 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens on the API.
- Does MiniMax M3 offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes. Batch API pricing is $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output. Prompt-cache reads cost $0.06/M.
- What would MiniMax M3 cost per month?
- For a support-ticket workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens per request) at 100K requests/month, MiniMax M3 costs about $105 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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