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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",
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      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-api.min.md",
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      "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",
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        "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": []
      },
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      "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"
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        "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
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-19"
        },
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        "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,
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            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 55.2
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        ],
        "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\"}]}'"
      },
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/minimax-api"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
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        "minimax-voice-cloning",
        "minimax-code"
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      "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"
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      ],
      "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
      },
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.minimax.io",
          "indicator": "none",
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        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://minimax.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:03.5197794Z"
        },
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    "answer": "SambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against MiniMax API's 55.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.",
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      "name": "SambaCloud",
      "vendor": "SambaNova Systems, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://sambanova.ai",
      "kind": "model",
      "category": "inference",
      "summary": "SambaCloud is SambaNova's hosted inference API for open-weight models running on its own RDU processors. It answers OpenAI-style chat, completions and Responses calls and Anthropic-style Messages calls, with Python and TypeScript SDKs.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sambanova.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/sambanova/sambanova-python",
      "license": "Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0",
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        "http"
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      "packages": [
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          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "sambanova"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "sambanova"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve Bearer key from the SambaCloud console at https://cloud.sambanova.ai/apis after a browser sign-up. The Messages routes also take the same key in `x-api-key`. Up to 25 keys per user, shown once, with no scopes.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free tier with no payment method, at 20 requests a minute, 20 requests a day and 200,000 tokens a day per model. Linking a card moves the account to the Developer tier, billed per token through Stripe, from $0.22 in and $0.59 out per 1M tokens on gpt-oss-120b (https://cloud.sambanova.ai/plans/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "from $0.22 / 1M in",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
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        "npmWeekly": 76,
        "pypiWeekly": 6129,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
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      "docsUrl": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/get-started/overview",
      "rateLimitsUrl": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/rate-limits",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sambanova/sambanova-inference-api-spec/refs/heads/main/openapi.documented.json",
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        "inference.open-weights",
        "inference.fast"
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        "model",
        "open-weights",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "openai-compatible",
        "anthropic-compatible",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "status-page",
        "soc2"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-09-17",
      "graded": true,
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        "score": 66.4,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 326,
        "ranked": true,
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        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 63
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        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
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        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
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        "negative": -2,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-08. The models and rate-limit pages list `MiniMax-M2.7` as a production model, and the July 2026 release notes say `Mistral-Large-3-675B-Instruct-2512` was promoted to production. Neither is on the pricing page or in `/v1/models`, and the deprecations page records neither. Two points, since a keyed call was not made to confirm the ids fail (https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/sambacloud-models, https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models)."
        ],
        "verdict": "Per-token prices and the model list are readable without a key at `/v1/models`, and a free tier needs no card. Production models get two to three weeks' notice before removal, 13 model ids left between March and June 2026, and the docs disagree with the live catalogue on MiniMax-M2.7.",
        "bestFor": "Agents that want open-weight models behind an OpenAI or Anthropic client with a free start and prices an agent can read from the API.",
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          "Public OpenAPI 3.1.1 document for all 10 operations, plus `llms.txt` and a Markdown copy of every docs page",
          "`GET /v1/models` answers without a key and returns context length, output cap and per-token prices for each model",
          "Free tier with no payment method at 20 requests a minute, 20 requests a day and 200,000 tokens a day per model",
          "One key works with the OpenAI client, the Anthropic client (`/v1/messages`, `x-api-key`) and SambaNova's own SDKs",
          "Status page with a component per model and no incident posted since 25 June 2026"
        ],
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          "Production models get a notice of two to three weeks, and 13 model ids were removed between 9 March and 9 June 2026",
          "The docs list `MiniMax-M2.7` as a production model, while the pricing page and `/v1/models` did not list it on 8 October 2026",
          "`strict: true` on a JSON schema is accepted and has no effect, and the July 2026 notes record failing structured output on DeepSeek-V3.2",
          "Keys carry no scopes or project limits, and no key rotation guidance was found in the reviewed documentation",
          "The privacy policy is dated 27 May 2023, and no DPA, retention period or sub-processor list was found on the legal page"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call `GET https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models` at start-up and use only ids it returns. The docs name models the endpoint no longer lists",
          "Read `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests` and `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests-day` on every response. The free tier allows 20 requests a day per model",
          "Treat 429 `queue_full` and 503 `maintenance` as retryable after a delay, and 410 `model_deprecated` as a signal to change model",
          "Validate JSON output yourself. Schema enforcement is best effort and `strict: true` changes nothing",
          "Check `max_completion_tokens` per model. DeepSeek-V3.1 caps output at 7,168 tokens and Llama 3.3 70B at 3,072"
        ],
        "metrics": {
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          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 4,
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            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
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            "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 44
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        "provenanceScore": 81
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      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install sambanova   # or: npm install sambanova",
        "http": "curl https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/chat/completions \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SAMBANOVA_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"model\":\"gpt-oss-120b\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"hello\"}]}'"
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        "domain": "sambanova.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2017-12-18",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://sambanova.ai/cloud-end-user-license-agreement",
        "privacy": "https://sambanova.ai/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.sambanova.ai",
        "changelog": "https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/release-notes/sambacloud",
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        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The SambaCloud Terms of Service name SambaNova Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation at 2460 N. First St, Suite #100, San Jose, CA 95131, and define the Service as the SambaCloud platform. The page carries no date. The legal index says it was last updated on 5 February 2026.",
          "The privacy policy is the company's only one. Its last revision is dated 27 May 2023, it covers the website, communications and related services, and it does not name SambaCloud or API inputs.",
          "No DPA, SLA, acceptable use policy or sub-processor list is linked from https://sambanova.ai/legal-agreements.",
          "https://sambanova.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.",
          "RDAP for sambanova.ai gives a registration date of 2017-12-18.",
          "The API answers at api.sambanova.ai and the console at cloud.sambanova.ai."
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        "score": 81
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sambanova.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### 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\nWatch for: The terms let MiniMax use inputs and outputs to develop and improve its services, and no opt-out was found\n\n### SambaCloud (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that want open-weight models behind an OpenAI or Anthropic client with a free start and prices an agent can read from the API.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 85 against 75\n- Agent ergonomics, 67 against 59\n- Security \u0026 auth, 58 against 30\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.8 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Production models get a notice of two to three weeks, and 13 model ids were removed between 9 March and 9 June 2026\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | MiniMax API | SambaCloud | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 85 | SambaCloud +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 81 | MiniMax API +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 67 | SambaCloud +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 58 | SambaCloud +28 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | SambaCloud +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 77 | SambaCloud +32 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 63 | MiniMax API +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.2 · C** | **66.4 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | MiniMax API | SambaCloud |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | MiniMax | SambaNova Systems, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.minimax.io` | `https://api.sambanova.ai/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\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 | Proprietary service under the SambaCloud Terms of Service. The SDKs and the OpenAPI document are Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-19 | 2026-09-17 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2023-05-27 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 493 stars | 2 stars, 76 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |\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**SambaCloud.** Per-token prices and the model list are readable without a key at `/v1/models`, and a free tier needs no card. Production models get two to three weeks' notice before removal, 13 model ids left between March and June 2026, and the docs disagree with the live catalogue on MiniMax-M2.7.\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### SambaCloud\n\n1. Call `GET https://api.sambanova.ai/v1/models` at start-up and use only ids it returns. The docs name models the endpoint no longer lists\n2. Read `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests` and `x-ratelimit-remaining-requests-day` on every response. The free tier allows 20 requests a day per model\n3. Treat 429 `queue_full` and 503 `maintenance` as retryable after a delay, and 410 `model_deprecated` as a signal to change model\n4. Validate JSON output yourself. Schema enforcement is best effort and `strict: true` changes nothing\n5. Check `max_completion_tokens` per model. DeepSeek-V3.1 caps output at 7,168 tokens and Llama 3.3 70B at 3,072\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, MiniMax API or SambaCloud?\n\nSambaCloud scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against MiniMax API's 55.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do MiniMax API and SambaCloud need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call MiniMax API and SambaCloud without installing anything?\n\nYes. MiniMax API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.minimax.io and SambaCloud at https://api.sambanova.ai/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-sambanova.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-api-vs-sambanova.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"minimax-api\", \"b\": \"sambanova\"}`. 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