> Minimax (China)
MiniMax China (minimaxi.com) is the domestic-facing platform for MiniMax's foundation models. It mirrors the global platform's model offering and OpenAI-compatible API but optimizes for mainland China compliance and billing workflows.
Free tier present — value not quantified
This provider offers a free tier, but its terms don’t convert cleanly into a USD figure (e.g. request-count limits or capacity-dependent pools). We refuse to print a misleading zero here. See the note below and the official pricing page for the exact limits.
note: No public free-tier information found (researched 2026-08-29).
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | payg | — | Free | $0.0000 | Cheapest tracked model rate (OpenRouter-normalized). |
| MiniMax-M3 PAYG (Domestic) | payg | — | $0.300 | $1.20 | Matching global M3 rates with local compliance. |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax-M3 | Free | $0.0000 | 1.0M |
| minimax-m2.7 | Free | $0.0000 | 205k |
| MiniMax M2 | Free | $0.0000 | 205k |
| MiniMax M1 | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | 1M |
$ Does Minimax (China) have a free tier?
Yes — Minimax (China) offers a free tier. Always confirm current limits on Minimax (China)'s official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does Minimax (China) cost per 1M tokens?
The cheapest model we track at Minimax (China) is Free per 1M input tokens and $0.0000 per 1M output tokens. This is normalized from Minimax (China)'s published pricing — verify with the provider before purchasing, since prices change frequently.
$ Is Minimax (China) safe to use?
Uprouter rates Minimax (China) as medium risk. Rated medium risk. a paid API provider with only partial transparency: some coverage or pricing is confirmed while other figures rest on third-party reports or a login-gated console. Such operators commonly resell pooled or byok upstreams, so per-key data handling and uptime are less certain than a first-party API. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
Raw community sentiment, shown unblended. Votes never feed into objective data fields like price, risk, or status — and never into sort order.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
price_history
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live_status
current: unknownNo probes recorded yet.
Uprouter runs its own probes; best-effort, not a guarantee. Probe results depend on our network location and cadence — for production, always use the provider’s own status page.
risk_&_confidence
Rated medium risk. a paid API provider with only partial transparency: some coverage or pricing is confirmed while other figures rest on third-party reports or a login-gated console. Such operators commonly resell pooled or byok upstreams, so per-key data handling and uptime are less certain than a first-party API.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# Minimax (China)'s own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://www.minimaxi.com/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "minimax-m3",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.