MiniMax: MiniMax M1 API Pricing
MiniMax: MiniMax M1 costs $0.550 per 1M input tokens and $2.20 per 1M output tokens. Context window: 1M. Prices verified 2026-10-21 · source
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Higher effort = deeper thinking = more reasoning tokens billed as output.
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What would MiniMax: MiniMax M1 cost you per month?
| Workload | Requests/mo | Avg tokens (in/out) | Est. monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light chatbot | 10,000 | 800 / 400 | $13.20 |
| Coding agent | 5,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $44.00 |
| RAG pipeline | 30,000 | 4,000 / 500 | $99.00 |
| Doc summarizer | 2,000 | 20,000 / 1,000 | $26.40 |
Estimates use list prices without prompt caching. Caching can cut input cost by up to 90% on repeated context.
About MiniMax: MiniMax M1
MiniMax-M1 is a large-scale, open-weight reasoning model designed for extended context and high-efficiency inference. It leverages a hybrid Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture paired with a custom "lightning attention" mechanism, allowing it...
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Frequently asked questions
How much does MiniMax: MiniMax M1 cost?
MiniMax: MiniMax M1 costs $0.550 per 1M input tokens and $2.20 per 1M output tokens. Verified 2026-10-21 — provider source.
What is the context window?
1M tokens, with up to 40K output tokens per response. That's roughly 1250 pages of text in a single request.
Does it support prompt caching?
Prompt-caching pricing is not published for this model via OpenRouter.
What's a cheaper alternative?
ScaleDown: Summarize saves about 97% on a typical workload with comparable quality.
Official resources
- MiniMax: MiniMax M1 on OpenRouter — live endpoint, pricing source of record.
- Artificial Analysis leaderboard → — independent intelligence and performance rankings.
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