How much does MiniMax-M2.5 cost per month?

For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, MiniMax-M2.5 costs about $270.00 per month at MiniMax's list prices ($0.30 per 1M input tokens, $1.20 per 1M output tokens).

Does MiniMax-M2.5 support prompt caching?

Yes. Cached input costs $0.03 per 1M tokens, compared with $0.30 for regular input. Writing to the cache costs $0.375 per 1M tokens.

How long is MiniMax-M2.5's context window?

MiniMax-M2.5 accepts up to 204,800 tokens (205K) of context and returns up to 131,072 tokens per response.

MiniMax-M2.5 API Pricing

MiniMax · released Feb 12, 2026 · 205K context · API model ID MiniMax-M2.5

MiniMax-M2.5 by MiniMax API pricing: $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens (provider list price via models.dev, Oct 10, 2026).

Prices

MiniMax-M2.5 prices, USD per 1M tokens
Price	USD per 1M tokens
Input	$0.30
Output	$1.20
Cache read	$0.03
Cache write	$0.375

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

Estimated monthly cost

$270.00

per month

per day: $9.00
per request: $0.0009

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.

Compare this workload across models

Monthly cost by workload

Workload	Per month
Chatbot1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day	$270.00/mo
RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day	$450.00/mo
Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input	$198.00/mo

Context and capabilities

Context: 204,800 tokens
Max output: 131,072 tokens
Input: text
Output: text
Knowledge cutoff: Not published
Open weights: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Reasoning: Yes
Structured outputs: No

Capabilities and limits as listed by models.dev.

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Price history

No price changes since we started tracking on Oct 8, 2026.

Questions

How much does MiniMax-M2.5 cost per month?: For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, MiniMax-M2.5 costs about $270.00 per month at MiniMax's list prices ($0.30 per 1M input tokens, $1.20 per 1M output tokens).
Does MiniMax-M2.5 support prompt caching?: Yes. Cached input costs $0.03 per 1M tokens, compared with $0.30 for regular input. Writing to the cache costs $0.375 per 1M tokens.
How long is MiniMax-M2.5's context window?: MiniMax-M2.5 accepts up to 204,800 tokens (205K) of context and returns up to 131,072 tokens per response.