MiniMax-01 API Pricing
Not on MiniMax's model list: MiniMax's documentation lists MiniMax-01 neither as available nor as retired, and MiniMax never published this price — the figures below come from an OpenRouter resale listing and are kept for reference only. MiniMax-01 is the earlier MiniMax long-context model exposed on OpenRouter. The live model page lists $0.20/M input and $1.10/M output, with no separate cache price. Checked by hand against openrouter.ai.
MiniMax-01 API cost calculator.
Live calculator pre-loaded with current MiniMax-01 rates. Tweak workload split, then share the URL to share the calculation.
MiniMax-01 cost on real workloads.
Full archive summarization
Image-heavy case notes
Budget agent loop
Support turn
Counts use a chars-per-token calibration measured on the vendor's own published tokenizer (MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.1, 2026-06-10). English prose is typically within a few percent; code and non-Latin scripts tokenize heavier. For billing-exact counts use the vendor's count-tokens API.
| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Effective blended | Context | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax-01 Current | $0.20 | $1.10 | $0.272 agentic 92/8 | 1M | Cheaper 1M MiniMax workloads |
| MiniMax M1 | $0.40 | $2.20 | $0.544 deprecated · +2.0× | 1M | Legacy long-context reasoning |
| MiniMax M2.7 | $0.30 cache $0.06 | $1.20 | $0.191 deprecated · −30% | 205K | MiniMax agent loops until November 18, 2026 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | $0.30 cache $0.03 | $1.20 | $0.168 deprecated · −38% | 205K | Lower-cost MiniMax agent loops |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.75 cache $0.075 | $3.75 | $0.481 +77% · promo | 1M | Global multimodal workloads |
| Baichuan4 Air | $0.146 | $0.146 | $0.146 −46% | 32K | Low-cost Chinese text workloads |
MiniMax-01 API pricing FAQ.
Practical MiniMax-01 pricing questions, with source prices separated from workload assumptions.
Q · 01 Is MiniMax-01 still sold by MiniMax? +
Q · 02 What is the MiniMax-01 API price? +
MiniMax-01 at $0.20/M input and $1.10/M output. No cached-input price is published on the OpenRouter row.Q · 03 Why is this an archive page? +
MiniMax-01 remains useful for invoice lookup and historical price comparison because OpenRouter still publishes the model page.Q · 04 Does it support vision? +
$0.20/$1.10 row.Q · 05 How is the effective cost computed? +
$0.20/M for all input tokens. With a 92/8 input-output blend, MiniMax-01 lands at about $0.27/M.Q · 06 When was this checked? +
May 23, 2026. The snapshot row was refreshed to the exact model URL used for this page.Q · 07 Is there a batch discount? +
$0.20/M input and $1.10/M output rates unless your provider account has private terms.