MiniMax-M3 API Pricing
MiniMax · released Jun 1, 2026 · 1M context · API model ID MiniMax-M3
MiniMax-M3 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
| Price | USD per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.30 |
| Output | $1.20 |
| Cache read | $0.06 |
| Cache write | Not published |
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
Cannot estimate: a needed price is not published.
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.
Long-context prices
Prompts longer than the threshold are billed at a higher rate.
| Prompts over | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 512,000 tokens | $0.60 | $2.40 | $0.12 | Not published |
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 | $234.00/mo |
Context and capabilities
- Context
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output
- 512,000 tokens
- Input
- text, image, video
- 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-M3 cost per month?
- For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, MiniMax-M3 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-M3 support prompt caching?
- Yes. Cached input costs $0.06 per 1M tokens, compared with $0.30 for regular input.
- How long is MiniMax-M3's context window?
- MiniMax-M3 accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens (1M) of context and returns up to 512,000 tokens per response.