MiniMax API v1

September 25, 2024 (August 6, 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 19 models across 5 families: Hailuo 01/02/2.3, Hailuo 3.0, Veo 3.1, Sora 2, and Seedance 2.0 Standard/Fast/Mini. These models are notable for generating ultra-realistic video clips with precise prompt following.
MiniMax images supports 9 models: Midjourney V7, Midjourney NiJi 7, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 1.5, GPT Image 2, 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. The $ at Master column prices each generation on the $79.99/m Master plan ($0.00762/credit, the lowest cost per credit). Paid plans apply Seedance 2.0 at half credits, already reflected below.

Seedance 2.0 and Hailuo 3.0 bill per second, and a video reference is charged on its own length on top of the generated clip — at a lower per-second rate than the output. Image and audio references carry no per-second charge. The calculator below takes a video reference length so you can see the full cost.

Plan	Monthly	Credits/mo	$/credit
Standard	$9.99	1,000	$0.00999
Pro	$34.99	4,500	$0.00778
Master	$79.99	10,500	$0.00762
Max	$199.99	20,000	$0.01000

Images — per image, see images/create for details

Model	Credits	$ at Master
image-01	1	$0.008
midjourney-v7, midjourney-niji7	3	$0.023
seedream-4.5, seedream-5.0	4	$0.030
nano-banana-2 (512P/1K)	4	$0.030
nano-banana-2 (2K)	5	$0.038
nano-banana-2 (4K)	8	$0.061
nano-banana-pro (1K/2K)	6	$0.046
nano-banana-pro (4K)	10	$0.076
gpt-image-1.5 (Low/Medium/High)	4 / 8 / 15	$0.030 / $0.061 / $0.114
gpt-image-2 quality `low` (1K/2K/4K)	2 / 5 / 10	$0.015 / $0.038 / $0.076
gpt-image-2 quality `medium` (1K/2K/4K)	8 / 20 / 40	$0.061 / $0.152 / $0.305
gpt-image-2 quality `high` (1K/2K/4K)	30 / 80 / 160	$0.229 / $0.609 / $1.219

Videos — see videos/create for details

Billed per second, so multiply by your duration (4–15). A video reference is charged on its own length as well, at the rate in the last column — image and audio references add nothing per second.

Model	Resolution	Credits/sec	Video ref/sec	$ at Master, per sec
Hailuo-3.0	768p	7	7	$0.053
Hailuo-3.0	2K	12	12	$0.091
Seedance-2.0	480p	10	6	$0.076
Seedance-2.0	720p	21	14	$0.160
Seedance-2.0	1080p	50	30	$0.381
Seedance-2.0	4K	100	60	$0.762
Seedance-2.0-Fast	480p	8	4	$0.061
Seedance-2.0-Fast	720p	17	11	$0.130
Seedance-2.0-Mini	480p	5	3	$0.038
Seedance-2.0-Mini	720p	11	7	$0.084

Billed per video, at a fixed price per option.

Model	Option	Credits	$ at Master
Hailuo 01 (all models)	—	25	$0.190
Hailuo 02, T2V-2.3, I2V-2.3	768p / 1080p	25–80	$0.190–$0.609
I2V-2.3-Fast	768p / 1080p	15–50	$0.114–$0.381
Sora-2	4 / 8 / 12 sec	40 / 80 / 120	$0.305 / $0.609 / $0.914
Veo-3.1, Veo-3.1-S2V	720p / 1080p / 4K	120 / 120 / 180	$0.914 / $0.914 / $1.371
Veo-3.1-Fast, Veo-3.1-S2V-Fast	720p / 1080p / 4K	60 / 60 / 90	$0.457 / $0.457 / $0.686

Interactive calculator — pick a plan and model for the per-generation cost:

Plan

Type

Model

Option

Duration (s)

Video ref (s)

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Estimate only — it does not include any discounts or promotional pricing. Plan rates are the current published monthly prices.

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