RETIRED · OCT 2026205K CONTEXTTEXT ONLYPROMPT CACHING60 TPS TARGET
MiniMax M2.1 API Pricing
Retired. MiniMax's model list now puts MiniMax-M2.1 among models that have been retired and are no longer available, without giving a date; it had already left the pricing page around the launch of MiniMax M3.1 Flash on October 19, 2026. Its last published rates were $0.3/M input, $1.2/M output and $0.03/M cached input.
Input - per 1M tokens
$0.30/M
Direct USD vendor row base tier
Output - per 1M tokens
$1.20/M
Direct USD vendor row 4x input
Cached input - prompt cache read
$0.03/M
Cache write $0.375/M 90% off
Effective - agentic blend
$0.168/M
92/8 split - 82% cache
§ 01 / TERMINAL
MiniMax M2.1 API cost calculator.
Calculator pre-loaded with the last rates MiniMax published for MiniMax M2.1. Tweak workload split and cache hit rate, then share the URL to share the calculation.
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§ 02 / SCENARIOS
MiniMax M2.1 cost on real workloads.
CODING AGENT
Repo repair task
$0.00712/task
OFFICE
Analyst memo draft
$0.00674/memo
SEARCH
Web research brief
$0.00557/brief
CHATBOT
Product support turn
$0.00167/turn
Calibrated · measured on the vendor's tokenizer · 2026-06-10 Auto-counts as you type
Counts use a chars-per-token calibration measured on the vendor's own published tokenizer (MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.1, 2026-06-10). English prose is typically within a few percent; code and non-Latin scripts tokenize heavier. For billing-exact counts use the vendor's count-tokens API.
Characters 429
Words 70
Tokens (estimated) 80 tokens
Cost as input · uncached $0.00002 USD
Cost as output · uncached $0.0001 USD
Cost as cached input $0.000002 USD
| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Effective blended | Context | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax M2.1 Current | $0.30 cache $0.03 | $1.20 | $0.168 agentic 92/8 | 205K | Stable coding and office agents |
| MiniMax M2.5 | $0.30 cache $0.03 | $1.20 | $0.168 deprecated · same | 205K | Value-first MiniMax agent loops |
| MiniMax M2.1 Highspeed | $0.60 cache $0.03 | $2.40 | $0.314 retired | 205K | Lower-latency M2.1 agents |
| MiniMax M2 | $0.30 cache $0.03 | $1.20 | $0.168 retired | 205K | Original M2 coding agents |
| MiniMax M2-her | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.372 retired | 64K | Role-play and long dialogue |
| MiniMax M2.7 | $0.30 cache $0.06 | $1.20 | $0.191 deprecated · +13% | 205K | MiniMax flagship agent loops |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | $1.00 cache $0.05 | $5.00 | $0.645 +3.8× | 1.05M | OpenAI's fast, efficient GPT-6 tier |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | $1.32 cache $0.044 | $3.96 | $0.569 +3.4× | 1M | Low-cost reasoning workloads |
MiniMax M2.1 API pricing FAQ.
Practical MiniMax M2.1 pricing questions, with live MiniMax list rates separated from workload assumptions.
Q · 01 Can I still use MiniMax M2.1? +
No. MiniMax's model list now puts
MiniMax-M2.1 under Retired Models — "retired and no longer available" — without a date; it had already left the pay-as-you-go pricing page around the MiniMax M3.1 Flash launch on October 19, 2026. MiniMax's current models are MiniMax M3.1 Flash and MiniMax M3. The rates on this page are the last ones MiniMax published.Q · 02 What is the standard MiniMax M2.1 API price? +
MiniMax's official pay-as-you-go pricing page lists
MiniMax-M2.1 at $0.3/M input and $1.2/M output. Cache reads are listed at $0.03/M. AI//COST stores those direct USD list prices without currency conversion.Q · 03 Does MiniMax publish prompt caching for this model? +
MiniMax lists prompt-cache reads at
$0.03/M and cache writes at $0.375/M for MiniMax M2.1. The quote board uses the read price because repeated cache hits drive recurring workload cost.Q · 04 What context window does MiniMax M2.1 support? +
MiniMax's text-generation docs list
204,800 tokens of context for this M2-family text model. This page rounds that to 205K for display consistency.Q · 05 Is there a Batch API discount? +
MiniMax's current pay-as-you-go table does not publish a separate Batch API discount for
MiniMax M2.1. Treat the public $0.3/M input and $1.2/M output rates as the default unless your account has a negotiated enterprise agreement.Q · 06 When was this price last checked? +
The rates on this page are the last MiniMax published; the Internet Archive still has them on its pricing page on October 11, 2026. On October 23, 2026 the page listed only MiniMax M3.1 Flash and MiniMax M3.
Q · 07 How accurate is the tokenizer estimate? +
The browser widget uses a
minimax-tokenizer-estimate chars-per-token approximation for English planning. Real billing depends on MiniMax server-side tokenization and can differ for Chinese, code, and mixed-language prompts.