MiniMaxMiniMax H3 Max API Cost
A 5-second 480P MiniMax H3 Max clip costs $0.20, against $0.25 at the official price. What you spend depends on resolution, length and how many takes you keep — here is what real work costs, what a monthly budget buys and how to spend less.
- 5 s at 480P
- $0.20
- official $0.25
- 1 minute at 480P
- $2.38
- $3.60 at 768P
- 100 × 5 s clips / month
- $19.79
- 480P
- Below official
- up to 25%
- failed runs: $0
Try it
Try MiniMax H3 Max — the price is on the button
Runs on your balance at the price on the button; failed runs are refunded. Results are saved to your account.
Calculator
Calculate your MiniMax H3 Max cost
Pick the resolution and clip length, your monthly volume and how many tries you keep. Every figure is a live quote.
Per month · 100 generations
19.79
$25.00 at the official price
- Per clip
- 0.20
- Per kept clip
- 0.20
- Saved per month
- $5.22
- Saved per year
- $62.62
Live prices · failed generations are free
Cost drivers
What drives the MiniMax H3 Max API cost
4 things set your bill. Prices are live; the full tier list is on the MiniMax H3 Max API pricing page.
Resolution
The biggest lever. A 5-second clip costs 1.5× as much at 768p as at 480p.
- 480p
- $0.20
- 1.0×
- 768p
- $0.30
- 1.5×
Clip length
You pay per second of output. At 480P, each second is $0.0396, so one clip costs $0.20–$0.60 across 5–15 s.
Task
Text to video and image to video cost the same: the input doesn't change the rate.
Takes you keep
Every successful clip is billed, including takes you discard. Keeping one in three makes each kept 5-second 480P clip cost $0.60 instead of $0.20. Failed generations are refunded.
Real work
What videos cost with MiniMax H3 Max
Finished pieces priced end to end. One MiniMax H3 Max request makes up to 15 seconds, so longer pieces are several clips; the short film budgets three takes per shot.
| Deliverable | Generations | Tier | Official | CheaperGen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt test | 1 × 5 s | 480P | $0.20 | |
| Social clip | 1 × 10 s | 480P | $0.40 | |
| 15-second ad | 1 × 15 s | 768P | $0.90 | |
| 1-minute explainer | 4 × 15 s | 480P | $2.38 | |
| 2-minute short film | 24 × 15 s (8 shots × 3 takes) | 768P | $21.60 | |
| Daily social clips for a month | 30 × 10 s | 480P | $11.87 |
Budgets
What a MiniMax H3 Max budget buys
5-second clips per budget at each resolution, with the minutes of footage in brackets.
| Resolution | $10 | $50 | $100 | $500 | $1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
480p $0.20 per 5 s clip | 50(4.2 min) | 252(21 min) | 505(42 min) | 2,527(211 min) | 5,055(421 min) |
768p $0.30 per 5 s clip | 33(2.8 min) | 166(14 min) | 333(28 min) | 1,667(139 min) | 3,334(278 min) |
Yearly difference
MiniMax H3 Max cost vs the official price
The same monthly volume at 480P, priced here and at the official price (verified October 18, 2026).
100 × 5 s clips / month
$19.79
$25.00 official
$62.62 less a year
1,000 × 5 s clips / month
$197.82
$250.00 official
$626.16 less a year
10,000 × 5 s clips / month
$1,979
$2,500 official
$6,262 less a year
Compare
A 5-second 480p clip on other models
The same request on Hailuo models and the cheapest similar models, at each model's lowest silent price for that resolution.
| Model | Tier | Cost | vs. MiniMax H3 Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.0 Mini ByteDance | 480p | $0.15 | −26% |
| MiniMax H3 Fast Hailuo family | 480P | $0.19 | −7% |
| Wan 3.0 Alibaba | 480p | $0.19 | −4% |
| MiniMax H3 Max MiniMax | 480P | $0.20 | — |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast ByteDance | 480p | $0.26 | +27% |
| Wan 3.0 Prime Alibaba | 480p | $0.30 | +47% |
Price is one input; quality, speed and features differ. Each model's cost page has its own breakdown.
Cost control
Keep MiniMax H3 Max spend predictable
The same rules in the API, the Playground and the Studio. Details in the billing docs.
- Price it first.
POST /v1/quote/minimax/h3-max/text-to-videoreturns the exact price of any request, free. - Cap a request. Send
max_cost_usdand a request priced above it is refused without charge. - Prepaid only. You can't spend more than your balance; auto top-up is optional and you set its amount.
- Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while queued, are refunded in full.
- Every charge itemized. Each generation returns its exact cost, and the dashboard lists every charge.
FAQ
MiniMax H3 Max API cost questions
Our prices are live; official prices were verified October 18, 2026. MiniMax H3 Max is developed by MiniMax. CheaperGen provides API access and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.