MiniMax — What They Do, Pricing, Product Launch Videos & Top Alternatives

What MiniMax does: MiniMax is a frontier multimodal AI company building the M3.1 Flash agentic language model (formerly 'Space Bunny'), Hailuo AI generative video models, and high-naturalness speech synthesis.

Category: Frontier LLMs & Answer Engines | Pricing Model: API ($0.15/1M input, $0.60/1M output) · Hailuo Video Plans | Official Website (minimaxi.com) → | Compare MiniMax Alternatives →

Key Capabilities & Product Highlights

  • MiniMax M3.1 Flash frontier model optimized for long-running agentic coding and tool-use economics
  • Hailuo AI cinematic video generation and MiniMax Design visual workflows
  • Ultra-low agentic token cost ($0.15/1M input tokens, 70% lower on multi-step agent tasks)

Top MiniMax Alternatives & Direct Competitors

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Official MiniMax Product Launch Videos & 4-Beat Storyboards (16 Videos)