MiniMax M3 (free)
MiniMax M3 · Free tier (Free)
Free tier: zero-cost access to try the model with limited quota — great for prototyping and light use.
Best for: Dev testing, light trials, low-frequency calls
This page covers the MiniMax M3 Free tier, sharing the underlying model capability with its real-time standard tier; the main difference is in billing mode and invocation method. See the MiniMax M3 standard real-time tier.
Provider：MiniMax · Free
MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax. It supports text, image, and video inputs with text output, a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agentic work, coding,...
Key specs
- Context：1M
- Max output：943.7K
- Tokenizer：Other
- Released：2026-05-31
Token pricing
- Input price：Free / 1M tokens
- Output price：Free / 1M tokens
- Blended price：Free / 1M tokens
Modalities
Text, Image, Video
Use Cases
- Deep Reasoning & Analysis：Process long legal docs, academic papers, financial reports; multi-hop reasoning and evidence-chain tracing across huge contexts.（Free）
- Vision Understanding & Generation：Recognize data trends in charts, OCR scanned docs, analyze photos and produce structured reports.（Free）
When to pick this model
Signals derived from public pricing and spec fields — not a benchmark. Validate with official docs and your own eval.
- Low input + output price: solid fit for high-frequency calls and batch processing.
- Low blended price: budget-friendly for fleet-scale deployment.
- Long context (>=1M tokens): well-suited for long-doc QA, code-base analysis, multi-turn agents.
- Long max output (>=30K tokens): strong fit for deep report / essay / document-drafting workflows.
- Multimodal (text+image): fit for image captioning, OCR, chart QA, vision-grounded reasoning.
- Video input support: fit for video understanding, frame QA, content moderation.
FAQ
- What is the token pricing of MiniMax M3 (free)? Input price Free / 1M tokens, output price Free / 1M tokens, blended about Free / 1M tokens. Refer to MiniMax’s official page for the exact rate.
- What context window does MiniMax M3 (free) support? Context window is 1M, max output about 943.7K, suitable for long documents, multi-turn chat and complex reasoning.
- What scenarios is MiniMax M3 (free) best for? Based on its capability and pricing, MiniMax M3 (free) fits best: Deep Reasoning & Analysis, Vision Understanding & Generation. See the Use Cases section for details and cost estimates.
- What input/output modalities does MiniMax M3 (free) support? Supports Text, Image, Video modality.
- Is MiniMax M3 (free) a free model? Yes, MiniMax M3 (free) is free to use, good for budget-sensitive or prototyping scenarios.
- Which provider offers MiniMax M3 (free)? MiniMax M3 (free) is offered by MiniMax.
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