MiniMax M2.1 (Minimax) API

Minimax · serves minimax-m2.1

Pricing

Input / 1M$0.30
Output / 1M$2.40
Blended / 1M$2.7
Cached input / 1M$0.03
Context window204,800 tokens
Max output131,072 tokens
LicenseOpen weights · MiniMax Model License conditional
Knowledge cutoffJanuary 2026 · source

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Price verified 2026-09-03 (1 day ago) · sourcesources disagree

Sources

Sources disagree by 44% on this price. The figure above is the primary source; cross-check before relying on it.

SourceInput / 1MOutput / 1MVerified
OpenRouter$0.30$2.402026-09-03
LiteLLM$0.30$1.202026-09-03
models.dev$0.30$1.202026-09-04

Independent sources disagree — treat with caution.

Cheaper providers for minimax-m2.1

ProviderBlended / 1MEndpoint
Novita AI$1.5view →

Compare all 2 providers serving minimax-m2.1 →

Call it

Served via OpenRouter, pinned to Minimax — the provider these prices are resolved from. Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY. Provider page.

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "minimax/minimax-m2.1",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
    "provider": {"only": ["Minimax"], "allow_fallbacks": false}
  }'
from openai import OpenAI  # pip install openai

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
    api_key="...",  # OPENROUTER_API_KEY
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/minimax-m2.1",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
    extra_body={"provider": {"only": ["Minimax"], "allow_fallbacks": false}},
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

Price unchanged since 2026-09-03 — 1 point on record.

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