{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "cloudflare-ai-gateway", "name": "Cloudflare AI Gateway", "vendor": "Cloudflare, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.cloudflare.com", "kind": "router", "category": "inference", "summary": "AI Gateway is Cloudflare's proxy and router for model providers. Agents call OpenAI-style, Anthropic-style or native endpoints on the Cloudflare API, with logging, caching, rate and spend limits, retries, fallbacks and one prepaid credit balance.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-gateway", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-gateway.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-gateway.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-ai-gateway.json", "repo": "https://github.com/cloudflare/ai", "license": "Proprietary service under Cloudflare's Self-Serve Subscription Agreement and its service-specific terms. Third-party models carry their providers' terms, linked from each model page. `ai-gateway-provider` is MIT and Cloudflare's OpenAPI repository is BSD-3-Clause", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "ai-gateway-provider" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "cloudflare" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "cloudflare" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A Cloudflare API token as a Bearer header, created by a person in the dashboard. The `/ai/*` inference routes need Workers AI Read, and the `/ai-gateway/*` management routes need AI Gateway Read or Edit. Provider-native endpoints on `gateway.ai.cloudflare.com` take the token in `cf-aig-authorization`. Tokens can carry an expiry and an IP address filter and cannot be limited to one gateway. Access is self-serve, with no review or sales step.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free on all plans for analytics, caching and rate limiting, with a Cloudflare account. Third-party models are paid from prepaid Unified Billing credits at provider prices plus a 5 per cent fee on each credit purchase, or with the caller's own provider keys at no Cloudflare charge. Logs for new customers follow Workers Logs pricing, 200,000 events a day free. An account on the Free plan starts without a contract (https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/reference/pricing/, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "5% fee", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "partial", "evidence": "Machine Payments, in beta since 30 September 2026, takes x402 payment on `POST /ai/run` for four open models when the request carries `Payment-Method: x402`. It needs a Cloudflare API token, a United States account and a card on file. The OpenAI-style and Anthropic-style routes are not covered. We did not call it (https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/features/machine-payments/, checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [ { "url": "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run", "priceUsd": null, "network": "" } ] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 250648, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudflare/api-schemas/main/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.router", "obs.gateway", "guard.moderation", "guard.pii" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "router", "free-tier", "usage-based", "x402", "openapi", "llms-txt", "openai-compatible", "typescript", "python", "go", "status-page", "bug-bounty" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66.8, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 300, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1175, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 52, "reliability": 66, "schema": 75, "security": 75, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "6 October 2026. Rejected-credential responses on `POST /ai/run` changed status (ElevenLabs 403, Vertex 500 and other providers' 402 became 401 with code 2009, and Unified Billing rejections became 503) on the day of the changelog entry, with no advance notice found. Three points (https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/changelog/)." ], "verdict": "The gateway layer is free, per-model prices are public with no markup, and logs, spend limits and fallbacks are set per gateway. API tokens cannot be limited to one gateway, the service terms take third-party models outside Cloudflare's DPA, no SLA names the product, and error codes changed on 6 October 2026 with same-day notice.", "bestFor": "Teams that already hold a Cloudflare account and want one token, one bill, logs, budgets and fallbacks in front of several model providers, or that want to keep their own provider keys behind a proxy with spend limits.", "strengths": [ "Core gateway functions (analytics, caching, rate limiting) are free on all plans, and provider prices pass through with no markup", "One Cloudflare API token reaches 241 catalogue models through OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses, Anthropic Messages or the native `/ai/run` route", "Spend limits block requests with a 429 once a budget is reached, scoped by model, provider or request metadata, with up to 20 rules a gateway", "Logging is switched per gateway and per request, and `cf-aig-collect-log-payload: false` keeps token and cost metadata without storing prompts", "x402 payment (Machine Payments, beta since 30 September 2026) works on `POST /ai/run` for four open models" ], "weaknesses": [ "API tokens are account-scoped. Any token with AI Gateway Run can send requests through every gateway in the account and spend its stored provider keys", "The service-specific terms say the DPA and Information Security Exhibit do not apply to third-party models reached through AI Gateway", "No SLA naming AI Gateway was found. The Enterprise SLA lists service-specific SLAs for R2, Queues and Workers only", "On 6 October 2026 rejected-credential responses on `/ai/run` changed to 401 with code 2009, or 503 under Unified Billing, announced the same day", "Unified Billing traffic is capped at 200 requests per 60 seconds per gateway, and a 5 per cent fee applies to credit purchases", "Section 2.2(e) of the Self-Serve Subscription Agreement bars automated agents that generate automated requests into the Services, which matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use the REST API at `api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/v1` with a token holding Workers AI Read. A token with only an AI Gateway permission returns 401 with code 10000", "Send `cf-aig-gateway-id` on every Workers AI (`@cf/`) call and on dynamic routes. Without it a dynamic route resolves against the default gateway and returns 404", "Set `cf-aig-collect-log: false` or `cf-aig-collect-log-payload: false` on sensitive requests. Logging of prompts and responses is on by default", "Treat a 429 as a rate limit or a spent budget and a 401 with code 2009 as a rejected provider key. Do not retry a 2009", "Set `byok_only` on the gateway or send `cf-aig-no-wholesale: true` to stop a request without a provider key falling through to paid Unified Billing credits" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 52, "reliability": 66, "schema": 75, "security": 75, "transparency": 51 }, "provenanceScore": 95 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID/ai/v1/chat/completions\" \\\n --header \"Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN\" \\\n --header \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n --data '{\n \"model\": \"openai/gpt-4.1-mini\",\n \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"What is Cloudflare?\"}]\n }'", "x402": "curl -iX POST \"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID/ai/run\" \\\n --header \"Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN\" \\\n --header \"Payment-Method: x402\" \\\n --header \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n --data '{\"model\":\"z-ai/glm-4.7-flash\",\"input\":{\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"What is Cloudflare?\"}]}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cloudflare-ai-gateway" }, "sameCompany": [ "cloudflare-workers-ai", "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk", "cloudflare-web-search", "cloudflare-ai-search", "cloudflare-cli", "cloudflare-mcp", "cloudflare-email-service", "cloudflare-r2", "cloudflare-clef" ], "area": "models", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Unified Billing credit purchase fee", "unit": "pct", "usd": 5, "note": "a $100 purchase is charged $105" }, { "item": "Logpush requests past 10 million a month", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.00005, "note": "listed as $0.05 per million, Workers Paid only" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Cloudflare, Inc.", "domain": "cloudflare.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-02-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/", "statusPage": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com", "changelog": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/changelog/", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "Terms are the Self-Serve Subscription Agreement, last updated 12 September 2025, which names Cloudflare, Inc. at 101 Townsend St, San Francisco.", "The service-specific terms (https://www.cloudflare.com/service-specific-terms-developer-platform/), last updated 28 September 2026, have a section for Workers AI and AI Gateway that supplements the agreement.", "The privacy policy is effective from 4 November 2025. The customer DPA is version 6.4, effective 3 April 2026.", "www.cloudflare.com/.well-known/security.txt, read on 9 October 2026, names HackerOne and a disclosure policy and has no Expires field. It is recorded as valid, although RFC 9116 asks for that field.", "The inference endpoints are on api.cloudflare.com and gateway.ai.cloudflare.com.", "The status page lists AI Gateway as its own component, operational on 9 October 2026.", "RDAP for cloudflare.com gives a registration date of 2009-02-17." ], "score": 95 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-gateway.json", "live": { "slug": "cloudflare-ai-gateway", "probe": { "target": "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-19T18:43:05.057105834Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 51, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 41, "p95ms24h": 80, "samples24h": 257, "samples30d": 2537, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 200, "ok": 200 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com", "indicator": "major", "summary": "Partial System Outage", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T18:44:46.380340908Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "cloudflare/ai", "version": "ai-gateway-provider@4.0.1", "released": "2026-09-11", "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:41:16.779050503Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "ai-gateway-provider", "version": "4.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:41:14.386442296Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "cloudflare", "version": "7.3.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:41:15.14117995Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "cloudflare", "version": "5.9.0", "released": "2026-10-03", "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:41:16.586148076Z" } ], "githubStars": 1195, "npmWeekly": 157856, "pypiWeekly": 729273, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cloudflare.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T15:54:39.713885584Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T14:27:16.135081495Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "cloudflare.com", "registered": "2009-02-17", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/cloudflare.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:36:47.922893773Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:26:44.290209238Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:20:17.172799601Z", "fingerprint": "2c3869311be8" }, { "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/reference/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:26:46.359211415Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:20:19.237403093Z", "fingerprint": "55b326e2eb63" }, { "url": "https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:42:10.032577309Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e562d2a2da97" }, { "url": "https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:42:12.237668038Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d26dd2a74bde" } ], "github": { "repo": "cloudflare/ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:01:37.271123162Z", "stars": 1195, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-14T13:10:10Z", "openIssues": 63, "openPRs": 36, "issuesOpened90d": 22, "issuesClosed90d": 11, "prsMerged90d": 9, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 48, "failure": 1, "other": 1, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-09-11T15:54:20Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-v85r-hgf6-q875", "severity": "medium", "published": "2025-11-04T18:27:48Z" } ], "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 15, "medianDays": 0 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T18:44:46.380340908Z" } }, "answer": "Cloudflare AI Gateway scores 66.8 (B) on agent readiness against MiniMax API's 55.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax API leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation.", "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": [ { "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": "Cloudflare, Inc.", "b": "MiniMax", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai", "b": "https://api.minimax.io", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "payer tooling only", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Cloudflare's Self-Serve Subscription Agreement and its service-specific terms. Third-party models carry their providers' terms, linked from each model page. `ai-gateway-provider` is MIT and Cloudflare's OpenAPI repository is BSD-3-Clause", "b": "Proprietary API under MiniMax's platform terms. 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MiniMax API leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cloudflare AI Gateway or MiniMax API?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Cloudflare AI Gateway and MiniMax API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Cloudflare AI Gateway has a hosted endpoint at https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai and MiniMax API at https://api.minimax.io.", "question": "Can an agent call Cloudflare AI Gateway and MiniMax API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 73 against 59", "Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 30", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 52 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 45", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 64" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that already hold a Cloudflare account and want one token, one bill, logs, budgets and fallbacks in front of several model providers, or that want to keep their own provider keys behind a proxy with spend limits.", "slug": "cloudflare-ai-gateway", "watchFor": "API tokens are account-scoped. 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-groq.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs GroqCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-groq" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-jais-3.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Jais 3", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-jais-3" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-meta-model-api.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Meta Model API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-meta-model-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-mistral-api.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Mistral AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-mistral-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-muse-spark-open.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Muse Spark Open", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-muse-spark-open" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-novita-ai.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Novita AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-novita-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-openai-api.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs OpenAI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-openai-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-openrouter.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs OpenRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-openrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-prism-inference.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Prism Inference", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-prism-inference" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-routerplus.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs RouterPlus", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-routerplus" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs SambaCloud", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-workers-ai-vs-minimax-api.json", "title": "Cloudflare Workers AI vs MiniMax API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-workers-ai-vs-minimax-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-minimax-api.json", "title": "Cohere Chat API (Command models) vs MiniMax API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-minimax-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-minimax-api.json", "title": "DeepInfra vs MiniMax API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-minimax-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-minimax-api.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs MiniMax API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-minimax-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elorian-glimpse-vs-minimax-api.json", "title": "Glimpse vs MiniMax API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elorian-glimpse-vs-minimax-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-minimax-api.json", "title": "Fireworks AI Inference vs MiniMax API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fireworks-inference-vs-minimax-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-api-vs-minimax-api.json", "title": "Gemini Developer API vs MiniMax API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-api-vs-minimax-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-minimax-api.json", "title": "GroqCloud vs MiniMax API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-minimax-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jais-3-vs-minimax-api.json", "title": "Jais 3 vs MiniMax API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jais-3-vs-minimax-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/meta-model-api-vs-minimax-api.json", "title": "Meta Model API vs MiniMax API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/meta-model-api-vs-minimax-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-mistral-api.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs Mistral AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-mistral-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-muse-spark-open.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs Muse Spark Open", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-muse-spark-open" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-novita-ai.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs Novita AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-novita-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-openai-api.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs OpenAI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-openai-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-openrouter.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs OpenRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-openrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-prism-inference.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs Prism Inference", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-prism-inference" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-routerplus.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs RouterPlus", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-routerplus" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs SambaCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-sambanova" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-siliconflow.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs SiliconFlow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-siliconflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-stepfun-api.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs StepFun API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-stepfun-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-together-inference.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs Together AI Inference", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-together-inference" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json", "title": "MiniMax API vs Vercel AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-cloudflare-ai-gateway.json", "title": "Antseed vs Cloudflare AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-cloudflare-ai-gateway" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 9, "cloudflare-ai-gateway": 66, "edge": "minimax-api", "key": "reliability", "minimax-api": 75, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 7, "cloudflare-ai-gateway": 75, "edge": "minimax-api", "key": "schema", "minimax-api": 82, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 14, "cloudflare-ai-gateway": 73, "edge": "cloudflare-ai-gateway", "key": "ergonomics", "minimax-api": 59, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 45, "cloudflare-ai-gateway": 75, "edge": "cloudflare-ai-gateway", "key": "security", "minimax-api": 30, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 32, "cloudflare-ai-gateway": 52, "edge": "cloudflare-ai-gateway", "key": "payments", "minimax-api": 20, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 30, "cloudflare-ai-gateway": 75, "edge": "cloudflare-ai-gateway", "key": "maintenance", "minimax-api": 45, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 9, "cloudflare-ai-gateway": 73, "edge": "cloudflare-ai-gateway", "key": "transparency", "minimax-api": 64, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Cloudflare AI Gateway scores 66.8 (B) on agent readiness against MiniMax API's 55.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax API leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation. Both do llm inference.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "cloudflare-ai-gateway": "The gateway layer is free, per-model prices are public with no markup, and logs, spend limits and fallbacks are set per gateway. API tokens cannot be limited to one gateway, the service terms take third-party models outside Cloudflare's DPA, no SLA names the product, and error codes changed on 6 October 2026 with same-day notice.", "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-minimax-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-minimax-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-minimax-api.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-minimax-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "Cloudflare AI Gateway scores 66.8 (B) on agent readiness against MiniMax API's 55.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax API leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation. Both do llm inference.\n\n- Cloudflare AI Gateway: grade B, 66.8/100, rank #300 of 1175. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-gateway.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-ai-gateway.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### Cloudflare AI Gateway (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that already hold a Cloudflare account and want one token, one bill, logs, budgets and fallbacks in front of several model providers, or that want to keep their own provider keys behind a proxy with spend limits.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 59\n- Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 30\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 52 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 45\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 64\n\nWatch for: API tokens are account-scoped. Any token with AI Gateway Run can send requests through every gateway in the account and spend its stored provider keys\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 66\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 75\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Cloudflare AI Gateway loses 3 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 | Cloudflare AI Gateway | MiniMax API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 66 | 75 | MiniMax API +9 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 82 | MiniMax API +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 59 | Cloudflare AI Gateway +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 75 | 30 | Cloudflare AI Gateway +45 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 52 | 20 | Cloudflare AI Gateway +32 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 45 | Cloudflare AI Gateway +30 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 64 | Cloudflare AI Gateway +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.8 · B** | **55.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cloudflare AI Gateway | MiniMax API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model router | Model API |\n| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | MiniMax |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai` | `https://api.minimax.io` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | payer tooling only | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Cloudflare's Self-Serve Subscription Agreement and its service-specific terms. Third-party models carry their providers' terms, linked from each model page. `ai-gateway-provider` is MIT and Cloudflare's OpenAPI repository is BSD-3-Clause | 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 | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-19 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | 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 | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 251k npm/wk | 493 stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cloudflare AI Gateway.** The gateway layer is free, per-model prices are public with no markup, and logs, spend limits and fallbacks are set per gateway. API tokens cannot be limited to one gateway, the service terms take third-party models outside Cloudflare's DPA, no SLA names the product, and error codes changed on 6 October 2026 with same-day notice.\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### Cloudflare AI Gateway\n\n1. Use the REST API at `api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/v1` with a token holding Workers AI Read. A token with only an AI Gateway permission returns 401 with code 10000\n2. Send `cf-aig-gateway-id` on every Workers AI (`@cf/`) call and on dynamic routes. Without it a dynamic route resolves against the default gateway and returns 404\n3. Set `cf-aig-collect-log: false` or `cf-aig-collect-log-payload: false` on sensitive requests. Logging of prompts and responses is on by default\n4. Treat a 429 as a rate limit or a spent budget and a 401 with code 2009 as a rejected provider key. Do not retry a 2009\n5. Set `byok_only` on the gateway or send `cf-aig-no-wholesale: true` to stop a request without a provider key falling through to paid Unified Billing credits\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, Cloudflare AI Gateway or MiniMax API?\n\nCloudflare AI Gateway scores 66.8 (B) on agent readiness against MiniMax API's 55.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax API leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n### Do Cloudflare AI Gateway and MiniMax API need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Cloudflare AI Gateway and MiniMax API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Cloudflare AI Gateway has a hosted endpoint at https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai and MiniMax API at https://api.minimax.io.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-minimax-api.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-minimax-api.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cloudflare-ai-gateway\", \"b\": \"minimax-api\"}`. 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