MiniMax M3 API pricing
Of the 5 providers checked, CoreWeave lists the lowest blended rate for MiniMax M3: $0.23 input and $0.96 output per 1M tokens, on its pricing page as of 27 September 2026.
MiniMax trained it on text, images and video from the first step, with a 1M-token context. About 23B of its roughly 428B parameters are active per token. Released on 1 June 2026 under the MiniMax Community License.
- Creator
- MiniMax
- Released
- 1 June 2026
- Weights
- Open
- License
- MiniMax Community License
- Size
- 428B total, 23B active
- Context
- 1M tokens
- Input
- text, image, video
- Model card
- Hugging Face
Facts from the model card, checked 25 Sep 2026.
Across 5 providers, the most expensive charges 1.3× the cheapest on a blended basis.
Prices by provider
Per 1M tokens, on-demand, sorted cheapest first by blended cost (3:1 input to output). Off-peak and long-context rates are listed on each provider's page.
| # | Provider | Input / 1M | Cached / 1M | Output / 1M | Checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CoreWeave | $0.23 | $0.05 | $0.96 | 27 Sep 2026 | |
| 2 | DeepInfra | $0.28 | $0.056 | $1.10 | 25 Sep 2026 | |
| 3 | Fireworks AI | $0.30 | $0.06 | $1.20 | 27 Sep 2026 | Standard tier |
| 4 | Novita AI | $0.30 | $0.06 | $1.20 | 27 Sep 2026 | |
| 5 | Together AI | $0.30 | $0.06 | $1.20 | 25 Sep 2026 |
Each price was read off the provider's own pricing page on the date shown; the date links to that page. Providers that publish no per-token price for this model are not listed. The same data is open under CC-BY at /api/query/prices.
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