MiniMax M2.1 Lightning (MiniMax): API pricing, providers and specs
MiniMax M2.1 Lightning (MiniMax) is a text model by MiniMax. 2 providers serve it, from $0.48 to $2.40 /1M; the lowest price is at DevPass (LLM Gateway).
How MiniMax M2.1 Lightning (MiniMax) compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Cheap for its class: at $0.48 /1M, its lowest price undercuts 67% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- Its 205K-token context window is larger than 37% of them (median 262K), about 310 pages of text.
- 2 providers serve it; 36% of comparable models have fewer.
MiniMax M2.1 Lightning (MiniMax) prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $0.12/1M | From$0.48/1M | — | — |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.30/1M | $2.40/1M | $0.03/1M | 205K |
- DevPass (LLM Gateway)From$0.48
- Vercel AI Gateway$2.40
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- MiniMax
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 205K≈ 310 pages of text
- Max output
- 131K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling
- Released
- Dec 23, 2025
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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The lowest price for MiniMax M2.1 Lightning (MiniMax) is $0.48 /1M, at DevPass (LLM Gateway).
DevPass (LLM Gateway), at $0.48 /1M. 2 providers serve MiniMax M2.1 Lightning (MiniMax); the table above lists every one with its price.
MiniMax M2.1 Lightning (MiniMax) reads up to 205K tokens per request and writes up to 131K.
We have not found MiniMax M2.1 Lightning (MiniMax)'s weights published by its maker.
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