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Why use MiniMax H3 Image on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers MiniMax H3 Image with pay-as-you-go pricing at $2.30/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Compare MiniMax H3 Image across 4 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],minimax/minimax-h3-imageRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="minimax/minimax-h3-image",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "minimax/minimax-h3-image", not the LLMReference slug "minimax-h3-image".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare MiniMax H3 Image Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| MiniMax | $2.30 | $3.80 |
| fal API | $2.30 | $3.80 |
| OpenRouter | $2.30 | $3.80 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $2.30 | $3.80 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $2.30 |
| Output tokens | $3.80 |
Capabilities
About MiniMax H3 Image
MiniMax H3 Image is MiniMax's open-weights image generation and editing model, released November 10, 2026 and built on its MiniMax H3 video model. It supports text-to-image and image editing with 1 to 16 reference images and output up to 20,000,000 pixels, with optional prompt enhancement. A faster MiniMax-H3-Image-Highspeed version takes the same parameters at a higher token price. The API is token-billed: $2.30 per 1M input text tokens, $1.50 per 1M input image tokens and $3.80 per 1M output image tokens.