# MiniMax API vs Muse Ember (slim)

> MiniMax scores 55.3 (C) to Muse Ember's 51.8 (D) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiniMax API scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against Muse Ember's 51.8 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Muse Ember leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do llm inference.

- MiniMax API: C 55.3, rank #879 of 1515 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-api.min.md
- Muse Ember: D 51.8, rank #1017 of 1515 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-ember.min.md
- MiniMax API, good for Cheap long-context agent and coding calls through an Anthropic-compatible client, on data you can share with the vendor. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 40; Schema & documentation, 82 against 60; Transparency & trust, 65 against 53.
- Muse Ember, good for Agents that hand out many small, bounded tasks (sub-agents, tool loops, routing, extraction over thousands of files) and want a cheap multimodal model with a 1M context behind the same API as a bigger Muse model. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 72 against 59; Security & auth, 64 against 30.

| Category | MiniMax API | Muse Ember |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 60 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 30 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 45 | 46 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 53 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniMax API | Muse Ember |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | MiniMax | Meta |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.minimax.io` | `https://api.meta.ai/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Licence | Proprietary API under MiniMax's platform terms. MiniMax-M3 and MiniMax-M3.1-Flash weights are on Hugging Face under the MiniMax community licence | Closed model, used through Meta Model API and Muse Code under the Meta Model API Terms of Service (last updated 9 October 2026). No open weights; Meta's open-weight models are Muse Spark Open and Muse Glimmer |
| Last release | 2026-10-19 | 2026-11-09 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-02 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 493 stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Reliability, MiniMax API +35: MiniMax API 75 (Atlassian Statuspage at status.minimax.io with Large Language Models, Text-to-Speech and Video Generation components (20).); Muse Ember 40 (Model reading, for the surface it's called on, Meta Model API.)
- Security & auth, Muse Ember +34: MiniMax API 30 (Model reading (credential, training, retention, operator visibility, programme).); Muse Ember 64 (Platform readings are the meta-model-api listing's of 4 November.)
- Schema & documentation, MiniMax API +22: MiniMax API 82 (OpenAPI 3.1 files for the Anthropic Messages, OpenAI Chat Completions and OpenAI Responses endpoints, each listing MiniMax-M3.1-Flash and MiniMax-M3 (25).); Muse Ember 60 (Model reading.)
- Agent ergonomics, Muse Ember +13: MiniMax API 59 (Model reading of the checklist (tool use, structured output, caching, context, batch, SDKs, errors).); Muse Ember 72 (Model reading.)
- Transparency & trust, MiniMax API +12: MiniMax API 65 (Closed service with clear terms under Singapore law and SIAC arbitration.); Muse Ember 53 (Editorial half.)