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Why use MiniMax M2 on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers MiniMax M2 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.30/1M 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 M2 across 5 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$0.30
Output / 1M
$1.20
Cache
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Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install openaiAuth
export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...Call
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],Model ID
minimax/minimax-m2Request 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-m2",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "minimax/minimax-m2", not the LLMReference slug "minimax-m2".
- 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 M2 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Fireworks AI | $0.90 | $0.90 |
| AWS Bedrock | $0.40 | $1.60 |
| OpenRouter | $0.26 | $1.00 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| Novita AI | $0.30 | $1.20 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.30 |
| Output tokens | $1.20 |
Capabilities
Structured Outputs
About MiniMax M2
MiniMax M2 is a language model from MiniMax. It offers a 197K-token context window.
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Model Specs
Released2025-10-01
Parameters230B (10B active)
Context197k
ArchitectureDecoder Only