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MiniMax M1

by MiniMaxReleased 17 June 2025

MiniMax M1 is a model you can download and run yourself that thinks before it answers, for long inputs: it reads up to about a thousand pages of text and answers in text, working through a problem step by step before it replies. Output is capped at about 40 pages. It can use tools.

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What it costs

You pay for what each request uses. No subscription, no minimum.

≈ 0,55 DA per message3 000 DA buys about 5 400 messages

One message, the ordinary use

1 000 tokens sent× 183,06 DA per 1M0,18 DA
500 tokens back× 732,24 DA per 1M0,37 DA
Total≈ 0,55 DA

Every rate

Meter↑ you send↓ comes back
Text tokens183,06 DA732,24 DA

per 1M tokens

Answer a quick question≈ 0,21 DA
Reply to a customer email≈ 0,40 DA
Explain a stack trace and suggest a fix≈ 0,71 DA
Review a 300-line pull request≈ 1,39 DA
Summarise a 20-page report≈ 2,71 DA
When you pay
After the answer, from your balance. Nothing is held.
Why it varies
A longer question or a longer answer costs more.
After each one
The exact charge shows on the request.
DepositDeposits from 50 DA, with Edahabia or CIB.

Where your request runs

One company runs this model. OpenDunes sends every request to it. DA per 1M tokens: ↑ what you send · ↓ what comes back.

Novita…
↑ Sent, per 1M
183,06 DA
↓ Back, per 1M
732,24 DA
Latency
…
Throughput
…
Provider↑ Sent↓ BackLatencyThroughputUptime
Novita183,06 DA732,24 DA………

You pay the price of the provider that served your request. Prices read 15:19 · speed over the last 30 minutes · uptime over 3 days.

See it in action

Real requests, real replies. Try any of them yourself — one click, pre-filled.

Writing
You send

Two lines to welcome a shop in Oran.

It replied

Welcome to our new shop in Oran — fresh bread every morning, and coffee the way the city likes it. Come in, the first cup is on us.

Try in Chat Lab

Try your own request — same model, pre-selected.

Open Chat Lab

Call it in code

Swap the base URL and the key. Your OpenAI code runs unchanged.

POST /v1/chat/completions
Base URL
https://opendunes.com/v1
Model ID
minimax/minimax-m1
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://opendunes.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["OPENDUNES_API_KEY"],
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/minimax-m1",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Two lines to welcome a shop in Oran."}],
)

print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
pip install openaiFull reference for this route
Sign in to run it

Runs this request once on your balance.

Parameters you can send

Standard OpenAI fields, grouped by what they control. Anything not listed is accepted and ignored.

Shaping the reply

How long, how varied, where to stop.

max_tokenstemperaturetop_ptop_kstopseedfrequency_penaltypresence_penaltyrepetition_penalty

Reasoning

Let it think before answering — and see the thinking.

reasoninginclude_reasoning

Tools

Let the model call your functions.

toolstool_choice

Questions about MiniMax M1

  • How much does MiniMax M1 cost in dinars?

    About 0,55 DA per message. ↑ 183,06 DA · ↓ 732,24 DA per 1M tokens.

  • Is MiniMax M1 free? Can I try it?

    No. You pay per use from your balance, with no subscription. Try it in Chat at the same price.

  • What is MiniMax M1 best for?

    MiniMax M1 is a model you can download and run yourself that thinks before it answers, for long inputs: it reads up to about a thousand pages of text and answers in text, working through a problem step by step before it replies. Output is capped at about 40 pages. It can use tools.

  • How do I pay for MiniMax M1 without an international card?

    Deposit dinars with your Edahabia or CIB card. Every model, MiniMax M1 included, is paid from that balance. No foreign card, no conversion.

  • Does MiniMax M1 work in Arabic, French or Darja?

    MiniMax names no languages for MiniMax M1. Arabic, French and Darja: not stated.

  • Can it read PDFs, images or a whole book?

    It reads text. Up to 1M tokens in one request, about 1 000 pages. It writes up to 30 000 words at once.

  • Is MiniMax M1 open source?

    Yes, its weights are public.

  • Who makes MiniMax M1, and when was it released?

    MiniMax. Released 17 June 2025. It knows the world up to 30 June 2024.

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