MiniMax M2 API pricing
$0.09 in, $0.36 out per million tokens, 70% under MiniMax's list price.
minimax-m2managed routeOpenAI SDK
Price · per million tokens, USD
Get a key| Tokens | MiniMax list price | UplinkSwitch | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.30 | $0.09 | -70% |
| Cached input | $0.03 | $0.009 | -70% |
| Output | $1.20 | $0.36 | -70% |
List price: MiniMax's published rate, read October 2026.
Real-model check: Steady since Oct 21
MiniMax M2 specs
- Context window
- 204,800 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Input
- text
MiniMax M2 API key · base URL and setup
- Create a key in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console. Credit is prepaid from $10 with no subscription, and the key works at once.
- Point your SDK or tool at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, for example with OPENAI_BASE_URL, and send the key as the bearer token.
- Send minimax-m2 as the model. The same key calls every other model in the catalog.
Python · OpenAI SDK
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)
completion = client.chat.completions.create(
model="minimax-m2",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)TypeScript · OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from 'openai';
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: 'minimax-m2',
messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);curl
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"minimax-m2","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'What would it cost? · paste a prompt, priced before you send it
Input is counted at about 4 characters per token.
Cheapest first. A real request is billed on the provider's own token count. Same estimate as JSON: POST https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/estimate, no key needed.
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MiniMax M2 questions
MiniMax M2 is a model from MiniMax, with a 204,800-token context window, taking text input. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as minimax-m2.
$0.09 per million input tokens and $0.36 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.009. MiniMax's list price is $0.30 and $1.20, so this is 70% under MiniMax's list price.
It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0003.
MiniMax M2 has a 204,800-token context window, with up to 65,536 output tokens per request. It takes text input.
minimax-m2. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.
Create one in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console: prepaid credit from $10, no subscription, and the key is live at once. The same key calls MiniMax M2 and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.
Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and the results are public on /proof. MiniMax M2's latest result: Steady since Oct 21.