MiniMax API v1

September 25, 2024 (February 27, 2026)

This is experimental API for for the MiniMax AI, a Chinese AI startup backed by Alibaba and Tencent.

We provide full API support for following MiniMax/Hailuo AI models:

MiniMax videos supports 15 models across 3 families: Hailuo 01/02/2.3, Veo 3.1 (including S2V subject reference), and Sora 2. These models are notable for generating ultra-realistic video clips with precise prompt following.
MiniMax images supports 8 models: Midjourney V7, Midjourney NiJi 7, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 1.5, Seedream 4.5/5.0, and image-01.
MiniMax agent supports multiple AI models including video generation (Hailuo 2.3, 02, Veo 3.1, Sora 2), image generation (Midjourney V7/NiJi 7, Nano Banana 2/Pro, Seedream 4.5/5.0, Kontext, Qwen, Kolors), and audio synthesis (Speech 2.5, Music 2.0).

Nano Banana 2/Pro deployment provided by MiniMax has less content moderation compared to Google Flow and is capable of editing photos of minors or famous people.

💲 Credits estimator

Actual costs may change, see hailuoai.video for current pricing. With the $79.99/m Master account (12,000 credits), you can generate ~12,000 songs or up to 12,000 images.

Images — per image, see images/create for details

Model	Credits
image-01	1
midjourney-v7, midjourney-niji7	3
seedream-4.5, seedream-5.0	4
nano-banana-2 (512P/1K)	4
nano-banana-2 (2K)	5
nano-banana-2 (4K)	8
nano-banana-pro (1K/2K)	6
nano-banana-pro (4K)	10
gpt-image-1.5 (Low/Medium/High)	4 / 8 / 15

Videos — per video, see videos/create for details

Model	Credits
Hailuo 01 (all models)	25
02, T2V-2.3, I2V-2.3 (768p/1080p)	25-80
I2V-2.3-Fast (768p/1080p)	15-50
Sora-2 (4/8/12sec)	40 / 80 / 120
Veo-3.1, Veo-3.1-S2V (720p/1080p/4K)	120 / 120 / 180
Veo-3.1-Fast, Veo-3.1-S2V-Fast (720p/1080p/4K)	60 / 60 / 90

Audio — 1 credit per song

Setup MiniMax

Postman collection (January 20, 2026)
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