MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Fresh input / cached input / output cost breakdown, active and scheduled rates, provenance, same-model deployment markup, and cost-comparable alternatives for this purchasable lane.
Illustrative workloads
Pick a useful starting shape, then fine-tune every input below.
Workload and pricing scenario
Adjust the token shape, cache behavior, time window, and service tier. Every number below updates immediately.
Workload cost calculator
Share of input tokens served from cache. Applied only to models with a cache meter.
Rows with a rate that changes by time of day, promo window or service tier are priced for this scenario instead of their flat listed rate; a brand-colored label under the model name names which one applies. Context size for band-priced rows uses the input-token count below.
Picking a specific hour also previews time-of-day rates that are scheduled but have not started billing yet; those rows are labelled · preview with their start instant. Now only ever shows rates that are billable at this moment.
What this lane charges right now
Priced under the workload and scenario above. The full published schedule below always shows every variant regardless of which scenario is selected.
Where this workload's cost goes
60M input tokens (90% cache hit) and 210K output tokens, at the resolved rate above.
$0.90 + $0.81 + $0.126 = $1.84
How much to trust these numbers
API model ID `MiniMax-M3.1-Flash`; MiniMax's API guide says this model does not accept a service-tier parameter.
MiniMax's official October 19, 2026 release announcement says M3.1 Flash is available through the MiniMax API and publishes $0.15/M input, $0.60/M output, and $0.015/M cached input. The official pricing overview repeats these rates. MiniMax's OpenAI-compatible API documentation identifies the model ID as `MiniMax-M3.1-Flash`, gives a 1,000,000-token context window, and says this model does not support the `service_tier` field. The October 19 Azure Retail Prices API query for Foundry meters containing `minimax` returned only Fireworks-hosted MiniMax M2.5 and MiniMax 3 Data Zone meters; no M3.1 Flash Foundry meter is listed.
Same-model deployment markup
How much more Microsoft Foundry charges for this exact model, over this Direct rate.
Not available — no Microsoft Foundry listing exists for this exact model in the catalog.
Other lanes within ±25% of this workload's cost
Same provider first, then ranked by cost proximity, for 60M in / 210K out. This is a cost ranking only — never a quality recommendation.
- Qwen3.8 FlashQwen · Model Studio (Intl)Direct API$1.86CHF 1.50+$0.027 (+1%) vs this lane