MiniMax: MiniMax M3 pricing and alternatives

Paid / limited

Available from OpenRouter

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

MiniMax multimodal model for long-context coding, perception, and agent planning

Paid / limitedOpenAI compatibleReasoningTool callingJSON modeTextImage

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API Details

Copy-ready connection details

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Base URL

https://openrouter.ai/api/v1

Model ID

minimax/minimax-m3

API format OpenAI Chat Completions + OpenAI Responses

Technical Details

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 specifications

Provider catalog

Context window 1.0M

Max output 512K

Status Online

Family minimax

Released Jun 1, 2026

Last updated Sep 13, 2026

Free listing since Jun 29, 2026

Input text, image, video, reasoning

Output text

Capabilities reasoning, tool calling, structured output

Open weights Yes

AI Recommendation

Should you use MiniMax: MiniMax M3?

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 is listed for chat workloads and supports a 1.0M context window.

Use the comparison and availability sections before choosing this listing, because it is not currently marked as free.

Best for

Chat

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Long context window
Reasoning mode listed
Tool calling support
Structured JSON output

Watch outs

No current free listing on this provider
Free-tier rate limits apply

Benchmark Overview

Benchmark signals for MiniMax: MiniMax M3

Measured data

Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following

29.6/100

Coding Programming and code generation

58.6/100

Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks

30.8/100

Speed Observed generation speed

88 tok/s

Context Maximum listed context window

1.0M

Pricing

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 pricing per 1M tokens

Provider pricing

Input $0.3 per 1M tokens

Output $1.2 per 1M tokens

Access Not listed OpenRouter

Rate limit 200 req/day (free tier) provider policy

Availability

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 availability by provider

Current provider only

We only found this minimax listing on OpenRouter in the current catalog. Use the related models section for nearby alternatives.

Provider	Model listing	Access	Context	API	Limits
OpenRouter	MiniMax: MiniMax M3	Paid	1.0M	OpenAI-style	200 req/day (free tier)

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Compare

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 alternatives to consider

Open comparison

Model	Provider	Context	Access
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)	OpenRouter	262K	Free tier
Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Mini (free)	OpenRouter	262K	Free tier
Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Pro (free)	OpenRouter	262K	Free tier
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free)	OpenRouter	262K	Free tier
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)	OpenRouter	262K	Free tier

Typical Use Cases

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 use cases

Chat

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

FAQ

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 free API FAQ

Is MiniMax: MiniMax M3 free to use?

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 is not currently marked as free on OpenRouter.

What is the MiniMax: MiniMax M3 model ID?

The model ID shown in this catalog is minimax/minimax-m3.

What are the MiniMax: MiniMax M3 free tier rate limits on OpenRouter?

The listed free tier limit is 200 req/day (free tier). Limits can change per account tier, so confirm against the provider dashboard.

What context window does MiniMax: MiniMax M3 support?

The listed context window is 1.0M tokens with up to 512K output tokens.

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