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MiniMax

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Verdict

MiniMax's model platform. M3.1 Flash, released 2026-10-19 per MiniMax, costs $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens on the MiniMax API. Its weights are on Hugging Face as open weights under the MiniMax Community License, a custom license rather than open source: commercial use needs a "Built with MiniMax M3.1-Flash" credit plus a notice to MiniMax, or MiniMax's written authorization for products over US$20M in yearly revenue. Per the API platform's privacy policy, the service is operated by Nanonoble Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) and personal data is stored in a data center in the United States; the policy does not say whether API inputs are used to train models.

Cheap API inference with M3.1 Flash; self-hosting the M3.1 Flash weights under MiniMax's community license

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developers

Quick facts

Free tier
No free API tier listed with M3.1 Flash; the open weights download free under MiniMax's community license
Starting price
$0.15/$0.60 per 1M tokens in/out, $0.015 cached input
Platforms
api
Company
MiniMax

Pricing

PlanPrice
API M3.1 Flash$0.15/$0.60 per 1M tokens in/out, $0.015 cached input
other models and the M Plan are priced on platform.minimax.ioSee pricing

Prices checked 2026-10-26

Key capabilities

Works with

  • text
  • images
  • video

Outputs

  • text

API pricing

MiniMax M3.1 Flash, USD per 1M tokens, flat: $0.15 input, $0.60 output, $0.015 cached input.

M3.1 Flash only. Other MiniMax models and the M Plan are priced on platform.minimax.io.

Features

  • M3.1 Flash weights are downloadable from MiniMax's Hugging Face page (as of 2026-10-26) as open weights under the MiniMax Community License, a custom license, not an open-source one.
  • Non-commercial use is permitted. Commercial use requires showing "Built with MiniMax M3.1-Flash", plus a one-time notice to MiniMax, or, for products with more than US$20 million in yearly revenue, MiniMax's prior written authorization.

Get it

How to use MiniMax on phones and tablets.

  • Mobile web: Works in a mobile browser (responsive or dedicated mobile site).

Technical details

Offline
Yes
API
Yes
Languages
Not listed
Difficulty
Intermediate
Privacy
Low
Models
MiniMax M3.1 Flash (in-house)

What changed

  • 2026-10-26 · apiPricing — New listing: MiniMax M3.1 Flash API prices and its open-weights license terms.
Sources & notes(3)
  • Checked 2026-10-26 (from catalog copy)

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