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MiniMax M2.1 Pricing
MiniMax · minimax-minimax-m2-1
Input / 1M tokens
$0.300
Output / 1M tokens
$1.20
Context window
204,800 tokens
≈ 273 pages of text
Max output
131,072 tokens
What it costs in practice
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0008
1,000 requests / month$0.84/mo10,000 requests / month$8.40/mo100,000 requests / month$84.00/moEstimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with MiniMax M2.1 preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.
Price history
List price per 1M tokens since we started tracking in Jun 2026. Each step marks a price change — hover a point for the exact date and rate.
What it excels at
Supports very long contexts with a 204k token window and high output capacity; open weights enable customization and on-premise deployment at low per-token cost.
The business tradeoff
Minimal public evaluation data and ecosystem tooling relative to major providers; output-token pricing and inference performance depend heavily on self-hosting infrastructure.
Cheaper from MiniMax
Head-to-head
Vendor list rates, as of Jul 1, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.