MiniMax API v1

September 25, 2024 (May 13, 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:

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. With the $79.99/m Master account (12,000 credits), you can generate ~12,000 songs or up to 12,000 images.

Images — per image, see images/create for details

Model Credits
image-01 1
midjourney-v7, midjourney-niji7 3
seedream-4.5, seedream-5.0 4
nano-banana-2 (512P/1K) 4
nano-banana-2 (2K) 5
nano-banana-2 (4K) 8
nano-banana-pro (1K/2K) 6
nano-banana-pro (4K) 10
gpt-image-1.5 (Low/Medium/High) 4 / 8 / 15
gpt-image-2 quality low (1K/2K/4K) 2 / 5 / 10
gpt-image-2 quality medium (1K/2K/4K) 8 / 20 / 40
gpt-image-2 quality high (1K/2K/4K) 30 / 80 / 160

Videos — per video, see videos/create for details

Model Credits
Hailuo 01 (all models) 25
02, T2V-2.3, I2V-2.3 (768p/1080p) 25-80
I2V-2.3-Fast (768p/1080p) 15-50
Sora-2 (4/8/12sec) 40 / 80 / 120
Veo-3.1, Veo-3.1-S2V (720p/1080p/4K) 120 / 120 / 180
Veo-3.1-Fast, Veo-3.1-S2V-Fast (720p/1080p/4K) 60 / 60 / 90
Seedance-2.0-Fast 480p / 720p (T2V, per second) 4 / 10
Seedance-2.0-Fast 480p / 720p (I2V or omni, per second) 7 / 15
Seedance-2.0 480p / 720p / 1080p (T2V, per second) 5 / 12 / 27
Seedance-2.0 480p / 720p / 1080p (I2V or omni, per second) 9 / 19 / 45

Audio — 1 credit per song

Setup MiniMax

Postman collection (May 13, 2026)
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Q&A: How is your experimental MiniMax API different from the official MiniMax API?

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