Cheapest at your usage
¥25/mo
MiniMax API CN · Pay as you go
For 10 videos a month, 5 s each
Channels that sell it
4
Subscriptions: 1 · APIs: 3
Official specs
768p · 5–15 seconds
Last confirmed
Oct 10, 2026
Next review Nov 9, 2026
A video model released jointly by MiniMax and fal.ai: fal.ai post-trained it on MiniMax H3 for generation speed, with 480p and 768p output. It does text-to-video, image-to-video (first / last frame) and reference-to-video. The MiniMax API bills per second, and it also appears in Luma's rate table.
Cheapest place to buy it at your volume
50 seconds of generation a month: 10 videos × 5 seconds each × 1 (average attempts per video). At least 720p, no audio needed. Change usage ↗
| Where to buy | Setting | How to buy | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax API CN API | 768p Not specified · Per second | Pay as you go ¥0.50 per second | ¥25 |
| Runway API API | 768p Not specified · Per second | Pay as you go $0.08 per second | $4 |
| MiniMax API API | 768p Not specified · Per second | Pay as you go $0.08 per second | $4 |
Does the cheapest way to pay change with volume?
One line per channel: an API is a straight line; a subscription is the cheapest plan that covers the month, so it climbs in steps and stops past the largest plan (extra credit packs are not counted).
At 10 videos a month, each channel costs:
- MiniMax API CN$3.75/moCheapest
- Runway API$4/mo
- MiniMax API$4/mo
- 1–50 videos a month: MiniMax API CN is cheapest
Runway API and MiniMax API cost the same, so their lines overlap.
Official specs
| Clip length | 5–15 seconds |
|---|---|
| What it can do | Text to video, Image to video, First/last frame, Reference to video |
| Highest resolution | 768p |
The official docs state: 480p / 768p output (2K not supported), 5–15 seconds, whole seconds only.
From MiniMax's own page, confirmed on Oct 10, 2026. This is what the model can do; whether a given channel sells it, and at which settings, is in the prices below. Official spec page
Where it is available
| Tool | Type | Lowest monthly price | Price status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luma | Creative agent and video generation | $30 | Price verified |
"Lowest monthly price" is the cheapest confirmed monthly plan for that tool. It does not mean that plan includes this model — premium models are often limited to pricier plans. Each tool's official pricing page is the authority.
Pay-as-you-go API prices
| API provider | API model name | Resolution | Audio | Official price | Per second | Minimum per generation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax API CN | minimax-h3-max | 480p | Not specified | ¥0.33/s | $0.049 | — |
| Runway API | h3_max | 480p | Not specified | 5 credits/s | $0.050 | — |
| MiniMax API | minimax-h3-max | 480p | Not specified | $0.05/s | $0.050 | — |
| MiniMax API CN | minimax-h3-max | 768p | Not specified | ¥0.50/s | $0.075 | — |
| Runway API | h3_max | 768p | Not specified | 8 credits/s | $0.080 | — |
| MiniMax API | minimax-h3-max | 768p | Not specified | $0.08/s | $0.080 | — |
Prices as each provider's official pricing page states them, confirmed Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 19, 2026. No subscription: you pay for the seconds generated. Prices exclude tax.
This model is included in plans on Luma, but we found no exact official rate for it there, so no durations are listed — we don't estimate on a vendor's behalf.
How the status is checked
Whether a model still runs is checked separately from prices: prices change monthly, but a model can disappear between two price syncs, quietly making every page that mentions it wrong. So each model record has its own confirmation date and review deadline; overdue records are flagged, never assumed to still be running.
Last confirmed on Oct 10, 2026; due to be rechecked by Nov 9, 2026.
Added automatically on Oct 10, 2026: a program reopened the official pages and matched every figure to the original wording before publishing.
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