Claude Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax-M3 pricing
- For the Chatbot workload, Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 2.6× less than MiniMax-M3.
- For the RAG workload, Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 2.9× less than MiniMax-M3.
- For the Coding agent workload, Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 3.3× less than MiniMax-M3.
Prices
| USD per 1M tokens | Claude Haiku 5.5 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.10 | $0.30 |
| Output | $0.50 | $1.20 |
| Cache read | $0.01 | $0.06 |
| Cache write | $0.125 | Not published |
| Batch input | $0.05 | Not published |
| Batch output | $0.25 | Not published |
Verified against the provider's official pricing page on Oct 9, 2026. Official pricing page
MiniMax's list price for its own API, as compiled by models.dev and checked Oct 10, 2026, 09:00 UTC. Prices on cloud platforms and resellers can differ. Provider documentation
Monthly cost by workload
| Workload | Claude Haiku 5.5 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Chatbot1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day | $105.00/mo | $270.00/mo |
| RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day | $157.50/mo | $450.00/mo |
| Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input | $72.00/mo | $234.00/mo |
Cost = input tokens × input price + output tokens × output price, 30 days a month. Cached input uses the cache read price. Cache write fees are not included.
Context and capabilities
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | MiniMax-M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Context | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens | 512,000 tokens |
| Input | text, image, pdf | text, image, video |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Structured outputs | Yes | No |
Questions
- What is the price difference between Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax-M3?
- Claude Haiku 5.5: $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens. MiniMax-M3: $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens. For the Chatbot workload (1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day), that is about $105.00 per month for Claude Haiku 5.5 and $270.00 for MiniMax-M3.
- Which has the longer context window, Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax-M3?
- Both accept up to 1,000,000 tokens of context.
- Do Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax-M3 have prompt caching and batch prices?
- Claude Haiku 5.5: cached input $0.01 per 1M tokens; batch $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.25 per 1M output tokens. MiniMax-M3: cached input $0.06 per 1M tokens; no batch price published.