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      "slug": "antseed",
      "name": "Antseed",
      "vendor": "Antseed Foundation",
      "vendorUrl": "https://antseed.com",
      "kind": "router",
      "category": "inference",
      "summary": "Antseed is an open-source peer-to-peer network for buying and selling AI inference. A buyer runs a local proxy with OpenAI and Anthropic format endpoints, which routes each request to an independent seller and pays in USDC on Base.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/antseed.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed",
      "license": "GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@antseed/cli"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "No account and no API key. The local proxy at 127.0.0.1:8377 doesn't check a key, so clients that need one send a placeholder such as `antseed-p2p`. Identity is a secp256k1 key the CLI creates on first run. Its EVM address is the peer id and the paying wallet. A public tunnel or the gateway (`antseed gateway`, `antseed tunnel start`) needs a generated `antseed_...` bearer key, with optional spend limits and expiry per key.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Sellers set their own prices per 1M input, cached-input and output tokens, published without login at https://network.antseed.com/stats. Buyers pre-deposit USDC on Base and pay per request. Some models are free, with nine free ids in the 8 October 2026 snapshot. The FAQ sets network fees at 4 per cent, and a gasless deposit costs a fixed $0.05 relay fee. The software is free.",
      "priceSummary": "4% fee",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "Inference isn't paid by x402. Sellers answer HTTP 402 and the buyer signs Antseed's own EIP-712 ReserveAuth and SpendingAuth against an on-chain USDC channel (https://antseed.com/blog/the-402-flow/). x402 v2 appears only on `POST /v1/key/topup` of a gateway the owner runs, off until enabled per key (CHANGELOG.md, checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 106,
        "npmWeekly": 1823,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://antseed.com/docs/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://antseed.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "inference.router",
        "inference.llm"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "local",
        "p2p",
        "usdc",
        "base",
        "no-signup",
        "no-card",
        "openai-compatible",
        "anthropic-compatible",
        "llms-txt",
        "cli",
        "desktop",
        "pre-1.0"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-08",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 55.1,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 757,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1175,
        "categoryRank": 20,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 56,
          "maintenance": 79,
          "payments": 70,
          "reliability": 62,
          "schema": 55,
          "security": 45,
          "transparency": 59
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": -4,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-08. The buyer proxy forwards a client's `Authorization`, `x-api-key` and cookie headers to the seller it routes to, confirmed in apps/cli/src/proxy/buyer-proxy.ts at commit 10a1f6b. The repository's own review of 8 March 2026 lists it as VULN-002, and issue #1104 (4 October 2026) is open. Clients started through `antseed claude` or `antseed codex` send a placeholder, so the deduction is 4 of a possible 15. https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/issues/1104"
        ],
        "verdict": "A buyer needs no account. The CLI creates a wallet key, free models answer at once and paid ones draw on deposited USDC, with seller, tokens and cost returned in response headers. Sellers are unvetted and can read prompts unless TEE-verified, the proxy forwards a client's own credential headers to them, and every package is pre-1.0.",
        "bestFor": "Agents and coding tools that want pay-per-request inference with no account, and owners comfortable holding USDC on Base.",
        "strengths": [
          "No sign-up. `npm install -g @antseed/cli` and `antseed buyer start` give a local endpoint at http://localhost:8377, and nine model ids were free in the 8 October snapshot",
          "One proxy accepts Anthropic Messages, OpenAI Chat Completions and OpenAI Responses requests and translates between them when the seller speaks another format",
          "Seller prices per 1M tokens are public JSON at https://network.antseed.com/stats with no login, and `antseed network browse --json` reads them live",
          "Non-streaming responses carry `x-antseed-peer-id`, token counts and `x-antseed-estimated-cost-usd`, and `antseed buyer metering` gives totals per channel",
          "GPL-3.0 source with CI passing on main on 8 October 2026 and 28 tagged releases since 19 August 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The buyer proxy copies a client's `Authorization` and `x-api-key` headers to the seller. The repository's March 2026 review flagged it and issue #1104 is open",
          "Sellers are independent and unvetted. The FAQ says a standard seller can read the prompt it serves, and each sets its own data practices",
          "Pre-1.0 everywhere. The CLI is 0.1.173, the release tag is v0.2.51, and CHANGELOG.md keeps everything since August under one Unreleased heading",
          "No OpenAPI document, security.txt, SECURITY.md, published advisory, bug bounty or contract audit report was found",
          "The buyer key is also the wallet, and the CLI stores it in plain text at ~/.antseed/identity.key unless `ANTSEED_IDENTITY_HEX` is set"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send a placeholder key such as `antseed-p2p`. The proxy forwards whatever `Authorization` or `x-api-key` header the client sends to the seller",
          "Call `GET /v1/models` first and request a concrete id. The `antseed` alias works only when the desktop app has a model selected",
          "Handle 402 `insufficient_deposits` by reading `suggestedAmount`, then fund the address from `antseed buyer deposit` with USDC on Base",
          "Pass `--verifiers antseed-verifier --require-verifier` to `antseed buyer start` when prompts are private, so only TEE-verified sellers are routed",
          "Read `x-antseed-peer-id` and `x-antseed-estimated-cost-usd` on each response, and pin a seller with `\u003cpeerId\u003e@\u003cmodel\u003e` when the same one must answer"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 55.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 56,
          "maintenance": 79,
          "payments": 70,
          "reliability": 62,
          "schema": 55,
          "security": 45,
          "transparency": 66
        },
        "provenanceScore": 52
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install -g @antseed/cli \u0026\u0026 antseed buyer start",
        "http": "curl http://localhost:8377/v1/chat/completions -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{\"model\": \"deepseek-v4-flash\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"Hello\"}]}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.router",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/antseed"
      },
      "area": "models",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Network fee",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 4,
          "note": "Per the FAQ. Model prices are set by each seller"
        },
        {
          "item": "Gasless deposit relay",
          "unit": "tx",
          "usd": 0.05,
          "note": "Fixed fee per sweep on Base mainnet"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Antseed Foundation",
        "domain": "antseed.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2026-02-23",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://antseed.com/terms-of-service/",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The site footer reads © 2026 Antseed Foundation. The foundation post of 17 July 2026 calls it a non-profit and gives no jurisdiction or registration number.",
          "The terms (last updated 15 May 2026) say the protocol is not a company and that supporting entities don't operate or control the network. Their contact section points to the repository's issues.",
          "https://antseed.com/privacy/ is a product page about anonymity, not a privacy policy. Section 16 of the terms covers data, and docs/telemetry.md in the repository covers the desktop app.",
          "The endpoint an agent calls is on the owner's machine. The price snapshot is at network.antseed.com, and https://antseed.com/network shows live network data with no incident history.",
          "antseed.com/.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt both return 404, and the repository has no SECURITY.md.",
          "RDAP gives 2026-02-23 as the registration date for antseed.com. @antseed/cli was first published to npm on 2026-02-24."
        ],
        "score": 52
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "antseed",
        "versions": [
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            "registry": "github",
            "name": "Antseed/antseed",
            "version": "v0.2.66",
            "released": "2026-10-18",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:34:15.454423597Z"
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          {
            "registry": "npm",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:34:14.618824399Z"
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        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://antseed.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:21.152531918Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://antseed.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T14:27:00.470500115Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "antseed.com",
          "registered": "2026-02-23",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/antseed.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:35:45.724035659Z"
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        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antseed/antseed/main/CHANGELOG.md",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:36:17.500724755Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-18T23:36:17.500724755Z",
            "fingerprint": "e6f51707a9c0"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://antseed.com/terms-of-service/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:23:29.660233637Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-13T20:10:05.745875473Z",
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          "repo": "antseed/antseed",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T05:53:04.261320222Z",
          "stars": 123,
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          "pushedAt": "2026-10-19T05:28:19Z",
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:21.152531918Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "MiniMax API and Antseed score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 55.2 (C) and 55.1 (C). Antseed leads on security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "minimax-api",
      "name": "MiniMax API",
      "vendor": "MiniMax",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.minimax.io",
      "kind": "model",
      "category": "inference",
      "summary": "MiniMax's API for its M-series text models, M3.1 Flash and M3, in the Anthropic Messages, OpenAI Chat Completions and OpenAI Responses formats, with 1M-token context and automatic prompt caching.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-api",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-api.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-api.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-api.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-M3",
      "license": "Proprietary API under MiniMax's platform terms. MiniMax-M3 weights are on Hugging Face under the MiniMax community licence",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.minimax.io",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Bearer key from platform.minimax.io, charged to a prepaid balance. M Plan subscribers get a separate Subscription Key that draws on the plan's usage windows, and the two kinds of key can't be swapped. Mainland China accounts use api.minimaxi.com with a separate key. MiniMax says it may disable a key that leaks publicly.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Prepaid balance, pay as you go. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is $0.15 per million input tokens, $0.60 per million output tokens and $0.015 per million cache-read tokens at any input length. MiniMax-M3 is $0.30 in and $1.20 out up to 512K input tokens and $0.60 and $2.40 above, with cache reads at $0.06 and $0.12, and a Priority tier at 1.5 times that M3.1 Flash doesn't take. Caching is automatic. The web_search server tool (beta) is $0.01 a request. M Plan subscriptions for coding tools are Go $22, Explore $55 and Build $132 a month, and annual billing pays for 10 months (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/pricing/overview, https://platform.minimax.io/docs/m-plan/monthly-offer, checked 19 October 2026).",
      "priceSummary": "from $0.15 / 1M in",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or pricing page. Prepaid balance top-up or an M Plan subscription (checked 2026-10-19).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 493,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/text-generation",
      "rateLimitsUrl": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/rate-limits",
      "llmsTxt": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/text/api/openapi-chat-anthropic.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "inference.llm",
        "inference.open-weights"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "model",
        "open-weights",
        "prepaid",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-19",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 55.2,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 751,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1175,
        "categoryRank": 19,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 59,
          "maintenance": 45,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 82,
          "security": 30,
          "transparency": 64
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-19"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "M3.1 Flash costs $0.15 in and $0.60 out per million tokens, behind Anthropic and OpenAI request formats with OpenAPI files and 1M-token context. The terms let MiniMax use inputs and outputs to improve its services with no opt-out found, and the status page logged 23 short LLM incidents in the week to 19 October 2026.",
        "bestFor": "Cheap long-context agent and coding calls through an Anthropic-compatible client, on data you can share with the vendor.",
        "strengths": [
          "M3.1 Flash at $0.15 in, $0.60 out and $0.015 for cache reads per million tokens, flat at any input length",
          "Anthropic Messages, OpenAI Chat Completions and OpenAI Responses formats, each with an OpenAPI 3.1 file",
          "1M-token context and up to 524,288 output tokens on M3.1 Flash and M3",
          "Automatic prompt caching and a token-count endpoint",
          "MiniMax-M3 weights on Hugging Face under the MiniMax community licence"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The terms let MiniMax use inputs and outputs to develop and improve its services, and no opt-out was found",
          "No free tier, SLA, batch API, JSON Schema output mode or security.txt",
          "23 LLM error incidents on the status page from 13 to 19 October 2026, each under 45 minutes",
          "M2.5 and M2.7 retire on 18 November 2026, 30 days after new users lost them, and plan requests to them already go to M3.1 Flash",
          "The model list calls M2.5 and M2.7 retired while the notice on the same page gives 18 November 2026"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use the Anthropic-format base URL `https://api.minimax.io/anthropic` for tool calls. The OpenAI-format schema has no `tool_choice` or `response_format`",
          "Set `output_config.effort` (or `reasoning_effort`) below `max` for routine calls. M3.1 Flash defaults to max, can't turn thinking off, and counts thinking against `max_tokens`",
          "Don't rely on `stop_sequences` or `top_k`. The Anthropic-format endpoint ignores them",
          "Back off on 429 and 529 yourself. No Retry-After header is documented",
          "Use a pay-as-you-go key for production. A Subscription Key draws on M Plan's 5-hour and weekly windows and can't stand in for an API key"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2.8,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 55.2
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 59,
          "maintenance": 45,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 82,
          "security": 30,
          "transparency": 47
        },
        "provenanceScore": 80
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.minimax.io/anthropic/v1/messages \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $MINIMAX_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"model\":\"MiniMax-M3.1-Flash\",\"output_config\":{\"effort\":\"low\"},\"max_tokens\":4096,\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"hello\"}]}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/minimax-api"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "minimax-video",
        "minimax-voice-cloning",
        "minimax-code"
      ],
      "area": "models",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "web_search server tool (beta)",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 10
        },
        {
          "item": "M Plan Go",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 22,
          "note": "M3.1 Flash, image and audio, no video. Annual billing pays for 10 months"
        },
        {
          "item": "M Plan Explore",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 55,
          "note": "3 times Go's usage, adds H3 video"
        },
        {
          "item": "M Plan Build",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 132,
          "note": "7.5 times Go's usage, adds H3 video"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Nanonoble Pte. Ltd.",
        "domain": "minimax.io",
        "domainRegistered": "2021-03-27",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://platform.minimax.io/protocol/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://platform.minimax.io/protocol/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.minimax.io",
        "changelog": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/release-notes/models",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-19",
        "notes": [
          "Nanonoble Pte. Ltd., 152 Beach Road, #14-02 Gateway East, Singapore, is named in the terms (effective 30 March 2026) and the privacy policy (updated 30 March 2026), read on 19 October 2026 from the document text the pages carry for the browser. The policy reader recorded both pages as unreadable on 8 October, and that reading is kept.",
          "RDAP for minimax.io gives a registration date of 2021-03-27 and a transfer on 2025-01-31, as recorded on the MiniMax Video API listing.",
          "platform.minimax.io and api.minimax.io answer 404 for /.well-known/security.txt, and www.minimax.io redirects it to the home page.",
          "The API release notes page has no entry after 28 October 2025. Model releases are dated on a separate page, which has the 19 October 2026 entry."
        ],
        "score": 80
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-api.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "minimax-api",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.minimax.io",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-19T18:43:17.575383015Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 299,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 258,
          "p95ms24h": 445,
          "samples24h": 38,
          "samples30d": 38,
          "days": [
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              "date": "2026-10-19",
              "probes": 38,
              "ok": 38
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.minimax.io",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T18:45:19.534162785Z"
        },
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://minimax.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:03.5197794Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T18:45:19.534162785Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Model router",
        "b": "Model API",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Antseed Foundation",
        "b": "MiniMax",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "https://api.minimax.io",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP",
        "b": "HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "None",
        "b": "API key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Pay per use",
        "b": "Pay per use",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field",
        "b": "Proprietary API under MiniMax's platform terms. MiniMax-M3 weights are on Hugging Face under the MiniMax community licence",
        "name": "Licence"
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        "a": "no",
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
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        "a": "2026-10-08",
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        "a": "2026-05-15",
        "b": "couldn't be read",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
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      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "couldn't be read",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
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      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "couldn't be read",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "couldn't be read",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "couldn't be read",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "couldn't be read",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "couldn't be read",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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        "a": "106 stars, 1.8k npm/wk",
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        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Antseed or MiniMax API?"
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        "answer": "Antseed needs no key. MiniMax API needs an API key.",
        "question": "Do Antseed and MiniMax API need an API key?"
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        "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Antseed. MiniMax API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.minimax.io.",
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        "answer": "Antseed is open source (GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field). No open-source release is listed for MiniMax API.",
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      "antseed": "A buyer needs no account. The CLI creates a wallet key, free models answer at once and paid ones draw on deposited USDC, with seller, tokens and cost returned in response headers. Sellers are unvetted and can read prompts unless TEE-verified, the proxy forwards a client's own credential headers to them, and every package is pre-1.0.",
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  "markdown": "MiniMax API and Antseed score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 55.2 (C) and 55.1 (C). Antseed leads on security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do llm inference.\n\n- Antseed: grade C, 55.1/100, rank #757 of 1175. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/antseed.json\n- MiniMax API: grade C, 55.2/100, rank #751 of 1175. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-api.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 436 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Antseed (C)\n\nGood for: Agents and coding tools that want pay-per-request inference with no account, and owners comfortable holding USDC on Base.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 45 against 30\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 70 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The buyer proxy copies a client's `Authorization` and `x-api-key` headers to the seller. The repository's March 2026 review flagged it and issue #1104 is open\n\n### MiniMax API (C)\n\nGood for: Cheap long-context agent and coding calls through an Anthropic-compatible client, on data you can share with the vendor.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 62\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 55\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 59\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- No incidents deducted, where Antseed loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: The terms let MiniMax use inputs and outputs to develop and improve its services, and no opt-out was found\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Antseed | MiniMax API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 62 | 75 | MiniMax API +13 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 82 | MiniMax API +27 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 59 | MiniMax API +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 30 | Antseed +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 70 | 20 | Antseed +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 45 | Antseed +34 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 64 | MiniMax API +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.1 · C** | **55.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Antseed | MiniMax API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model router | Model API |\n| Vendor | Antseed Foundation | MiniMax |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.minimax.io` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | None | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field | Proprietary API under MiniMax's platform terms. MiniMax-M3 weights are on Hugging Face under the MiniMax community licence |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-19 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-05-15 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 106 stars, 1.8k npm/wk | 493 stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Antseed.** A buyer needs no account. The CLI creates a wallet key, free models answer at once and paid ones draw on deposited USDC, with seller, tokens and cost returned in response headers. Sellers are unvetted and can read prompts unless TEE-verified, the proxy forwards a client's own credential headers to them, and every package is pre-1.0.\n\n**MiniMax API.** M3.1 Flash costs $0.15 in and $0.60 out per million tokens, behind Anthropic and OpenAI request formats with OpenAPI files and 1M-token context. The terms let MiniMax use inputs and outputs to improve its services with no opt-out found, and the status page logged 23 short LLM incidents in the week to 19 October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Antseed\n\n1. Send a placeholder key such as `antseed-p2p`. The proxy forwards whatever `Authorization` or `x-api-key` header the client sends to the seller\n2. Call `GET /v1/models` first and request a concrete id. The `antseed` alias works only when the desktop app has a model selected\n3. Handle 402 `insufficient_deposits` by reading `suggestedAmount`, then fund the address from `antseed buyer deposit` with USDC on Base\n4. Pass `--verifiers antseed-verifier --require-verifier` to `antseed buyer start` when prompts are private, so only TEE-verified sellers are routed\n5. Read `x-antseed-peer-id` and `x-antseed-estimated-cost-usd` on each response, and pin a seller with `\u003cpeerId\u003e@\u003cmodel\u003e` when the same one must answer\n\n### MiniMax API\n\n1. Use the Anthropic-format base URL `https://api.minimax.io/anthropic` for tool calls. The OpenAI-format schema has no `tool_choice` or `response_format`\n2. Set `output_config.effort` (or `reasoning_effort`) below `max` for routine calls. M3.1 Flash defaults to max, can't turn thinking off, and counts thinking against `max_tokens`\n3. Don't rely on `stop_sequences` or `top_k`. The Anthropic-format endpoint ignores them\n4. Back off on 429 and 529 yourself. No Retry-After header is documented\n5. Use a pay-as-you-go key for production. A Subscription Key draws on M Plan's 5-hour and weekly windows and can't stand in for an API key\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Antseed or MiniMax API?\n\nMiniMax API and Antseed score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 55.2 (C) and 55.1 (C). Antseed leads on security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Antseed and MiniMax API need an API key?\n\nAntseed needs no key. MiniMax API needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Antseed and MiniMax API without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Antseed. MiniMax API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.minimax.io.\n\n### Are Antseed and MiniMax API open source?\n\nAntseed is open source (GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field). No open-source release is listed for MiniMax API.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-minimax-api.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-minimax-api.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"antseed\", \"b\": \"minimax-api\"}`. 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