Using MiniMax M2.1 on Vercel AI Gateway

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Vercel AI Gateway exposes MiniMax M2.1 through model ID minimax/minimax-m2.1. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

1
Create an account at Vercel AI Gateway and generate an API key.
2
Use the Vercel AI Gateway SDK or REST API to call minimax/minimax-m2.1 — see the documentation for request format.
3
You'll be billed $0.30/1M input, $1.20/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

API Portal Documentation Pricing Model Card

Code Examples

Install

pip install openai

API key

AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY

Model ID

minimax/minimax-m2.1

creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2

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-m2.1",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Pricing on Vercel AI Gateway

Type	Price (per 1M)
Input tokens	$0.30
Output tokens	$1.20

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

About MiniMax M2.1

MiniMax M2.1 is MiniMax's MiniMax M2 model. It offers a 200K-token context window.

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Model Specs

Released2025-12-01

Context200k

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