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      "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": 774,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1218,
        "categoryRank": 19,
        "methodology": "0.7",
        "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
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        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2.8,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
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            "grade": "C",
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              "tasks"
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            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 55.2
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        ],
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          "maintenance": 45,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 82,
          "security": 30,
          "transparency": 47
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        "provenanceScore": 80,
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            "security": "2026-10-19",
            "transparency": "2026-10-19"
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          "last": "2026-10-19",
          "oldest": "2026-10-19",
          "stale": false,
          "staleAfterDays": 90
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      },
      "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"
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      "sameCompany": [
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        "minimax-voice-cloning",
        "minimax-code",
        "minimax-m2-5",
        "minimax-m2-7",
        "minimax-m3-1-flash"
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      "area": "models",
      "unitPrices": [
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          "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"
        }
      ],
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        "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
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-api.json",
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        "slug": "minimax-api",
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              "date": "2026-10-27",
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              "date": "2026-10-28",
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.minimax.io",
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        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/llms.txt",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-27T14:58:29.840845592Z"
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        "domain": {
          "domain": "minimax.io",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T13:52:12.446610874Z"
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    "answer": "MiniMax API and Router.com (Ramp Router) score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 55.2 (C) and 54.5 (C). Router.com (Ramp Router) leads on agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.",
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      "slug": "ramp-router",
      "name": "Router.com (Ramp Router)",
      "vendor": "Ramp",
      "vendorUrl": "https://router.com",
      "kind": "router",
      "category": "inference",
      "summary": "Router.com (Ramp Router) is Ramp's LLM gateway. One API key reaches OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and open-weight models through OpenAI Responses, Chat Completions and Anthropic Messages endpoints, with fallbacks, Flex-tier routing, shadow testing and benchmark aliases.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp-router",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp-router.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp-router.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ramp-router.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/ramp-public/ramp-cli",
      "license": "Closed service under the Router Terms of Service (last updated 31 August 2026). The Ramp CLI that configures coding agents for Router is MIT.",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.router.com/v1",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@ramp/router"
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      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "A Router API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer` or `X-Api-Key`. A person signs up in the browser with Sign in with Ramp, or by email or Google with a business email address on a business domain (Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Proton and similar are refused); other people can ask router@ramp.com for manual onboarding. Keys are created on the dashboard's API keys page and shown once, or by the Ramp CLI after browser approval. Each key can carry a lifetime or periodic spend cap and be locked, unlocked or revoked (https://docs.router.com/api/endpoint.md, https://docs.router.com/resources/signup-eligibility.md).",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Routing is free through 2026, and models are billed at list price per 1M tokens from account credit. Router.com says the first $26 of credits are free. Requests served with the caller's own provider keys carry no Router charge, unless they fall back to Router's shared key. No routing price after 2026 was found. Per-model prices are public at https://router.com/models and https://docs.router.com/supported-models.md.",
      "priceSummary": "0% fee",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs at https://docs.router.com (all 41 Markdown pages read on 27 October 2026). Calls draw on account credit, and a 402 means the account has no available credit.",
        "endpoints": []
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        "npmWeekly": 1667,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-27"
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      "docsUrl": "https://docs.router.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.router.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
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        "inference.llm",
        "inference.decision"
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        "router",
        "closed-source",
        "usage-priced",
        "prepaid",
        "free-credit",
        "llms-txt",
        "openai-compatible",
        "anthropic-compatible",
        "streaming",
        "prompt-caching",
        "cli",
        "new"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-10-27",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 54.5,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 798,
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        "categoryRank": 21,
        "methodology": "0.7",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 77,
          "maintenance": 59,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 25,
          "schema": 58,
          "security": 66,
          "transparency": 67
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-27"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Detailed Markdown docs with typed error codes, per-model capability data and routing an agent can set per request. No OpenAPI document, status page, changelog or published rate limits were found. Signup needs a US business email in a browser, and Ramp records prompts and outputs for a year by default unless switched off.",
        "bestFor": "Teams in the US that want one key for OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and open-weight models, with routing to cheaper tiers and per-request cost, and can switch off content recording.",
        "strengths": [
          "llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page, with a field table for each endpoint and an error reference with an action per code",
          "`GET /v1/models` returns limits, tool, structured-output, caching and reasoning support, and per-provider prices for each model",
          "Fallback lists of up to 15 provider, model and tier candidates, with timeouts that bound each attempt",
          "Every response names the serving provider, and Responses calls return `usage.cost` in USD",
          "Routing is free through 2026, BYOK requests carry no Router charge, and the first $26 of credits are free"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Ramp-side content recording is on by default and keeps prompts, outputs and tool calls for one year",
          "No OpenAPI document, status page, changelog, SLA or published rate limits were found",
          "Signup needs a US business email domain or Sign in with Ramp, in a browser",
          "No batch, embeddings or files routes, and Chat Completions lacks fallback lists and cost",
          "No routing price after 31 December 2026 was found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Switch off content recording in Settings before sending private data. It is on by default and keeps prompts and outputs for a year",
          "Read model ids from `GET /v1/models` at runtime. Ids are account-specific, an unknown one is a 404, and Gemini ids need your own Google key",
          "Use `POST /v1/responses` with a `models` list for fallbacks. Router stops falling back once a stream has started",
          "Set `fallback_timeout` and `provider_timeout`, or `allow_flex_tier: false`, when latency matters. Flex routing is on by default",
          "Treat both `401 invalid_api_key` and `401 api_key_deactivated` as a possibly locked key, and stop retrying on `402`"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.7",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 54.5
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 77,
          "maintenance": 59,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 25,
          "schema": 58,
          "security": 66,
          "transparency": 50
        },
        "provenanceScore": 83,
        "checked": {
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            "maintenance": "2026-10-27",
            "payments": "2026-10-27",
            "reliability": "2026-10-27",
            "schema": "2026-10-27",
            "security": "2026-10-27",
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          "stale": false,
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        }
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://router.com/install.sh | sh   # Ramp CLI, configures Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, Hermes or Conductor",
        "http": "curl https://api.router.com/v1/responses \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $RAMP_ROUTER_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"models\":[\"openai:gpt-5.4-mini\",\"fireworks:accounts/fireworks/models/kimi-k3\"],\"input\":\"Reply with one word: pong.\",\"max_output_tokens\":16}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.router",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/ramp-router"
      },
      "area": "models",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Routing fee",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 0,
          "note": "Free through 2026. Models are billed at list price"
        },
        {
          "item": "Claude Opus 5.5 input",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 4,
          "note": "claude-opus-5-5, 1,000,000-token context"
        },
        {
          "item": "Claude Opus 5.5 output",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 20
        },
        {
          "item": "GPT-6.1 Sol input",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 2,
          "note": "gpt-6.1-sol, 1,050,000-token context"
        },
        {
          "item": "GPT-6.1 Sol output",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 10
        },
        {
          "item": "Kimi K3 input",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 3,
          "note": "kimi-k3, served by Fireworks or Baseten"
        },
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp-router.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ramp-router.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 466 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\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 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 58\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### Router.com (Ramp Router) (C)\n\nGood for: Teams in the US that want one key for OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and open-weight models, with routing to cheaper tiers and per-request cost, and can switch off content recording.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 59\n- Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 30\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 59 against 45\n\nWatch for: Ramp-side content recording is on by default and keeps prompts, outputs and tool calls for one year\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | MiniMax API | Router.com (Ramp Router) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 25 | MiniMax API +50 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 58 | MiniMax API +24 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 77 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +18 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 66 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +36 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 59 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +14 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 67 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.2 · C** | **54.5 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | MiniMax API | Router.com (Ramp Router) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model router |\n| Vendor | MiniMax | Ramp |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.minimax.io` | `https://api.router.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary API under MiniMax's platform terms. MiniMax-M3 weights are on Hugging Face under the MiniMax community licence | Closed service under the Router Terms of Service (last updated 31 August 2026). The Ramp CLI that configures coding agents for Router is MIT. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-27 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read |  |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read |  |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |\n| Popularity | 493 stars | 1.7k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Router.com (Ramp Router).** Detailed Markdown docs with typed error codes, per-model capability data and routing an agent can set per request. No OpenAPI document, status page, changelog or published rate limits were found. Signup needs a US business email in a browser, and Ramp records prompts and outputs for a year by default unless switched off.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Router.com (Ramp Router)\n\n1. Switch off content recording in Settings before sending private data. It is on by default and keeps prompts and outputs for a year\n2. Read model ids from `GET /v1/models` at runtime. Ids are account-specific, an unknown one is a 404, and Gemini ids need your own Google key\n3. Use `POST /v1/responses` with a `models` list for fallbacks. Router stops falling back once a stream has started\n4. Set `fallback_timeout` and `provider_timeout`, or `allow_flex_tier: false`, when latency matters. Flex routing is on by default\n5. Treat both `401 invalid_api_key` and `401 api_key_deactivated` as a possibly locked key, and stop retrying on `402`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, MiniMax API or Router.com (Ramp Router)?\n\nMiniMax API and Router.com (Ramp Router) score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 55.2 (C) and 54.5 (C). Router.com (Ramp Router) leads on agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do MiniMax API and Router.com (Ramp Router) need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call MiniMax API and Router.com (Ramp Router) without installing anything?\n\nYes. MiniMax API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.minimax.io and Router.com (Ramp Router) at https://api.router.com/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-ramp-router.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-ramp-router.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"minimax-api\", \"b\": \"ramp-router\"}`. 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