MiniMax M3.1 Flash API pricing
$0.045 in, $0.18 out per million tokens, 70% under MiniMax's list price.
minimax-m3.1-flashmanaged routeOpenAI SDK
Price · per million tokens, USD
Get a key| Tokens | MiniMax list price | UplinkSwitch | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.15 | $0.045 | -70% |
| Cached input | $0.015 | $0.0045 | -70% |
| Output | $0.60 | $0.18 | -70% |
List price: MiniMax's published rate, read October 2026. Same price on every host.
Real-model check: Same fingerprint since Oct 21
MiniMax M3.1 Flash specs
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Input
- text and image
MiniMax M3.1 Flash API · base URL and key
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-m3.1-flash",
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-m3.1-flash',
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-m3.1-flash","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 M3.1 Flash questions
- What is MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash is a model from MiniMax, with a 1,000,000-token context window, taking text and image input. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as minimax-m3.1-flash.
- How much does the MiniMax M3.1 Flash API cost?
- $0.045 per million input tokens and $0.18 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.0045. MiniMax's list price is $0.15 and $0.60, so this is 70% under MiniMax's list price.
- Is MiniMax M3.1 Flash free?
- 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 $0.0001.
- What is the MiniMax M3.1 Flash context window?
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash has a 1,000,000-token context window, with up to 65,536 output tokens per request. It takes text and image input.
- What is the MiniMax M3.1 Flash model id?
- minimax-m3.1-flash. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.
- How do I get a MiniMax M3.1 Flash API key?
- 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 M3.1 Flash and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.
- Is it the real MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
- Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and a model always counts that prompt the same way; a swapped one would not. MiniMax M3.1 Flash's latest result: Same fingerprint since Oct 21.