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MiniMax

MiniMax API Platform

MiniMax API Platform is tracked as the developer entry for MiniMax M3, MiniMax-M2.7/M2.7-highspeed, M2.5, M2-her, Speech 2.8/2.6, Hailuo 2.3/2.3 Fast, image-01, Music 2.6, Token Plan, Credits, pay-as-you-go billing and official MCP tooling.

Globally availableFull English UIPublic APIFreemium

Editorial verdict

Best for

Developers who want one China-origin platform for coding models, speech, video, image, music and multimodal agent tooling.

Avoid if

Avoid treating one billing key, quota or model endpoint as covering every modality without checking the current docs.

Why it matters

The international docs show MiniMax as a full multimodal API platform rather than only a Hailuo video product.

Trust: 6/6 sources verified, recently checkedCoverage: 100/100

Pricing

Token Plan, Credits and pay-as-you-go API billing vary by modality and model

Payment

Token Plan, Credits, Pay-as-you-go API billing, Team seats

Commercial use

Commercial use depends on the active API, Token Plan, Credits or enterprise terms for each modality.

Privacy

Review API data handling, file-management retention, generated media storage and local deployment controls before sensitive workloads.

Use-case fit

Coding and agent workflows

Strong

MiniMax-M2.7 supports Anthropic-compatible and OpenAI-compatible calling paths and is documented for AI coding tools.

Multimodal generation API

Strong

Official docs cover speech, voice cloning, video, image, music, lyrics and file management APIs.

Self-hosted M2.7 evaluation

Medium

Local deployment is documented for vLLM, SGLang and MLX, but hardware requirements are high.

Global user checklist

RegistrationConfirmedThe international platform exposes account, API key and Token Plan flows.
English UIConfirmedDeveloper docs and product surfaces are English-facing.
API and docsConfirmedOfficial docs list text, speech, video, image, music, file-management and model-list APIs.
International paymentPartialPricing docs list Token Plan, Credits, audio subscription, video packages and pay-as-you-go paths; exact availability should be checked in account.

MiniMax model names, plan quotas, release notes and pricing are changing quickly; recheck official docs before procurement.

Pros

  • - Broad official multimodal API coverage
  • - The homepage now surfaces M3, Hailuo 2.3, Speech 2.8 and Music 2.6
  • - Anthropic-compatible and OpenAI-compatible text endpoints
  • - Token Plan and Credits cover multiple modalities
  • - Official MCP and local deployment documentation exist

Cons

  • - Token Plan keys and pay-as-you-go API keys are separate
  • - Quotas, model names and pricing vary by modality

Decision paths

Use Hailuo for the consumer video workflow

Hailuo is the MiniMax entry when the task is video creation rather than API integration.

Compare with Qwen for open-model ecosystem reach

Qwen remains a broad baseline for open models and Alibaba Cloud deployment.

Sources

MiniMax homepage

official · en · verified 2026-06-01

Shows M3, Hailuo 2.3, Speech 2.8 and Music 2.6 on the public product surface.

MiniMax M3 model page

official · en · verified 2026-06-01

Confirms the frontier coding, 1M context and native multimodal model details.

MiniMax models overview

docs · en · verified 2026-06-01

Lists MiniMax text, audio, video and music model families.

MiniMax API overview

docs · en · verified 2026-06-01

Confirms API coverage across text, speech, video, image, music and file management.

MiniMax pricing overview

pricing · en · verified 2026-06-01

Confirms Token Plan, Credits, Audio Subscription, Video Packages and Pay-as-you-go pricing categories.

MiniMax local deployment guide

docs · en · verified 2026-06-01

Confirms local deployment paths for MiniMax-M2.7.

Last checked: 2026-06-01

Reviews

Availability snapshot

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English UI
full
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Rating
4.4 (0)

Latest updates

Latest changes
Release · 2026-06-01

MiniMax M3 and latest model wave added

MiniMax is now tracked with a dedicated M3 model profile, while the homepage currently highlights M3, Hailuo 2.3, Speech 2.8 and Music 2.6 alongside the API Platform, Token Plan and Agent surfaces.

Market · 2026-05-17

MiniMax international product map expanded

MiniMax is now tracked across API Platform, Hailuo Video, Agent, Audio/Speech, Music, Image API and Talkie, and the homepage product surface now also highlights M2.7, M2.5, M2-her, M2.1 and the MCP Server card.

API · 2026-05-17

MiniMax multimodal API and pricing paths filled in

The MiniMax API profile now reflects official docs for text, speech, video, image, music, file management, MCP, local deployment, Token Plan, Credits and pay-as-you-go billing.

Availability · 2026-05-15

Hailuo AI international access added

Hailuo AI is tracked as MiniMax's international consumer product entry, with credits and subscription-style billing called out for overseas users.

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