MiniMax-01 pricing
MiniMax-01 is a combines MiniMax-Text-01 for text generation and MiniMax-VL-01 for image understanding. It has 456 billion parameters, with 45.9 billion parameters activated per inference, and can handle a… MiniMax-01 from MiniMax costs $0.200 per 1M input tokens and $1.10 per 1M output tokens. Context window 1,000,192 tokens.
API id minimax-01 · MiniMax · source · updated 2026-08-15 · general-purpose
$0.200
Input / 1M tokens
$1.10
Output / 1M tokens
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Cached input / 1M
1M
Context window
What MiniMax-01 costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.0008 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.01 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $0.42 |
Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.
Common questions
- How much does MiniMax-01 cost per 1M tokens?
- MiniMax-01 costs $0.200 per 1M input tokens and $1.10 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
- What is MiniMax-01's context window?
- MiniMax-01 accepts up to 1,000,192 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 1,000,192 output tokens.
- Where does this MiniMax-01 price come from?
- From the OpenRouter catalogue, because MiniMax does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from MiniMax's own — verify before committing spend.