What is the context window of MiniMax: MiniMax-01?

MiniMax: MiniMax-01 supports a context window of 1.0M tokens.

Is MiniMax: MiniMax-01 free to use?

MiniMax: MiniMax-01 is a paid model. It costs $0.200 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens.

How is LLM API pricing calculated?

LLM pricing has two components: input tokens (everything you send) and output tokens (what the model generates). Total cost = (prompt tokens × input rate + output tokens × output rate) / 1,000,000 × number of requests.

MiniMax: MiniMax-01 API Pricing — $0.200 Input / $1.10 Output per 1M Tokens

Q: How much does MiniMax: MiniMax-01 cost?

MiniMax: MiniMax-01 costs $0.200 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens via OpenRouter. Pricing was last updated Oct 29, 2026.

MiniMax: MiniMax-01 by Minimax — $0.200 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens via OpenRouter. Context: 1.0M tokens. Pricing last updated Oct 29, 2026.

Input / 1M tokens

$0.200

Output / 1M tokens

$1.10

Provider

Minimax

Context window

1.0M tokens

Via

OpenRouter

Cost at common usage volumes

Usage	Daily	Monthly
Chatbot (100/day)	$0.148	$4.43
Small app (1K/day)	$0.750	$22.50
Mid-scale (10K/day)	$9.50	$285.00
Large scale (100K/day)	$210.00	$6300.00

Model ID: minimax/minimax-01
Data source: OpenRouter public API — updated Oct 29, 2026.

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About MiniMax: MiniMax-01

MiniMax: MiniMax-01 is an LLM developed by Minimax. Input costs $0.200 per million tokens and output costs $1.10 per million tokens via OpenRouter. It supports a context window of 1.0M tokens.

Pricing Details

Via the OpenRouter API:

Input tokens: $0.200 per 1 million tokens
Output tokens: $1.10 per 1 million tokens

A token is roughly 0.75 words. For context: a typical user message of 100 words is approximately 133 tokens; a 500-word system prompt is about 650 tokens.

How Much Does MiniMax: MiniMax-01 Cost?

For a typical chatbot application (1,000 requests/day, 1,000 prompt tokens and 500 output tokens per request):

Daily cost: $0.7500
Monthly cost: $22.500

Accessing MiniMax: MiniMax-01 via OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides a unified API for 200+ LLMs including MiniMax: MiniMax-01. You can use it with any OpenAI-compatible SDK by setting the base URL to https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 and using your OpenRouter API key. The model ID is minimax/minimax-01.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. MiniMax: MiniMax-01 is available on OpenRouter with the model ID minimax/minimax-01. OpenRouter provides a unified API compatible with OpenAI's SDK format.