{ "data": { "a": { "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" } }, "answer": "Vercel AI Gateway scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against MiniMax API's 55.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax API leads on schema \u0026 documentation.", "b": { "slug": "vercel-ai-gateway", "name": "Vercel AI Gateway", "vendor": "Vercel Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://vercel.com", "kind": "router", "category": "inference", "summary": "Vercel AI Gateway is a hosted router for model APIs. One API key or Vercel OIDC token reaches models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others through OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic-compatible and AI SDK interfaces, with budgets, request logs and provider failover.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.json", "repo": "https://github.com/vercel/ai", "license": "Proprietary service under Vercel's Terms of Service and AI Product Terms, with Token Pass terms on its docs page. Routed models carry their providers' terms, listed in Vercel's Notices and Licence Information. The `@ai-sdk/gateway` provider is Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@ai-sdk/gateway" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "ai" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "ai" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An AI Gateway API key as a Bearer token from any environment, or a Vercel OIDC token on Vercel deployments (12 hours locally, refreshed with `vercel env pull`). Keys belong to a team, can be limited to one project and given an expiry and a budget, and are created in the dashboard, with the Vercel CLI or by `POST /v1/api-keys` with a Vercel access token. A person creates the Vercel account in a browser. Token Pass needs its own Token Pass API key, and OIDC tokens cannot spend Token Pass credit.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid AI Gateway Credits at each provider's list price, with no markup or platform fee, including BYOK. A monthly free credit covers a subset of models and needs a valid payment method on the team. Credits expire a year after purchase. Add-ons are billed separately, and Token Pass is $30 a team a month on Pro for $80 of credit on two models, in early access (https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/pricing, https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/token-pass, checked 2026-10-17).", "priceSummary": "$30 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the AI Gateway docs, the pricing page, the Token Pass pages or the AI Gateway entries of the changelog sitemap. Payment is by prepaid credits bought with a card, or by invoice on Enterprise (checked 2026-10-17).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 29597661, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway", "llmsTxt": "https://vercel.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://vercel.com/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "inference.router", "inference.llm", "inference.fast", "inference.decision", "obs.gateway", "obs.traces", "embed.text", "image.generate", "video.generate" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "router", "usage-based", "prepaid", "free-tier", "openai-compatible", "anthropic-compatible", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "oidc", "cli", "early-access", "status-page", "bug-bounty", "soc2", "iso27001" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 307, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1175, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 20, "reliability": 74, "schema": 74, "security": 79, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "April 2026. Vercel's security bulletin says an attacker took over an employee's account through a compromised third-party AI tool, reached internal systems and decrypted non-sensitive environment variables of a limited subset of customers. AI Gateway was generally available then, and its docs have deployments keep AI Gateway and Token Pass API keys as environment variables. The bulletin documents remediation and marks the incident closed on 16 October 2026, so 3 of a possible 15 is taken, as for vercel-connect (https://vercel.com/kb/bulletin/vercel-april-2026-security-incident)." ], "verdict": "Token prices pass through with no markup, prompts are not stored by the gateway, and budgets, provider failover and per-request logs are built in. The free monthly credit needs a card on file, rate limits are not published as numbers, no SLA covers the API, and the contractual promise not to train on content applies to Enterprise subscriptions only.", "bestFor": "Teams that want one key, one bill, budgets and failover in front of many model providers, especially on Vercel with OIDC.", "strengths": [ "Token prices are each provider's list price with no markup or platform fee, including requests made with the customer's own provider keys", "The model list at `GET /v1/models` needs no key and gives prices, context windows, supported parameters and ZDR and no-training flags for 474 models", "Budgets per team, project, API key or team member reject spend with a 402, distinct from a 429 rate limit", "The gateway logs request metadata only. Prompt and response content is deleted when the request completes, per the FAQ and the ZDR page", "Failed provider attempts are retried on a model's other providers, and every routing attempt appears in the request logs" ], "weaknesses": [ "The free monthly credit needs a valid payment method on the team, and its amount is not stated in the reviewed docs", "No rate-limit numbers are published, and the Enterprise SLA excludes the APIs, so the inference API carries no uptime commitment", "The contractual promise not to train on AI Gateway content covers Enterprise subscriptions only. Provider no-training and ZDR filters are opt-in per request", "A failed BYOK request falls back to Vercel's credentials and is billed to credits, and the no-training filter is not applied to BYOK", "Token Pass is early access for Pro teams only, covers two models, has no failover and fails with a 403 once the $80 credit is spent" ], "agentNotes": [ "Read `GET https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models` without a key to pick a model ID and check its price, context, ZDR and no-training flags before calling", "Set `zeroDataRetention` or `disallowPromptTraining` to true in `providerOptions.gateway` on sensitive requests. Default routing ignores provider retention and training policies", "Treat a 429 as retryable and honour `retry-after` when present. A 402 with `quota_for_entity_exceeded` is a spent budget, so do not retry it", "On a Token Pass key, a 403 with `no_providers_available` means spent credit or a model outside the pass. Retry with a standard AI Gateway key, which bills credits", "Set `inferenceRegion` when data residency matters. The default `global` may run inference outside the user's jurisdiction" ], "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": 66.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 20, "reliability": 74, "schema": 74, "security": 79, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "connect": { "install": "pnpm add ai@latest", "http": "curl https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\n \"model\": \"openai/gpt-6-astra\",\n \"messages\": [\n {\n \"role\": \"user\",\n \"content\": \"Explain AI Gateway in one sentence.\"\n }\n ]\n }'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.router", "tool": "https://letme.dev/vercel-ai-gateway" }, "sameCompany": [ "vercel-sandbox", "vercel-connect" ], "area": "models", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Token Pass subscription (Pro teams)", "unit": "month", "usd": 30, "note": "$80 of monthly credit on two featured models. Early access" }, { "item": "Team-wide Zero Data Retention", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.1, "note": "Pro and Enterprise. Per-request ZDR is free" }, { "item": "Team-wide provider allowlist", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.1, "note": "Successful requests, Pro and Enterprise" }, { "item": "Custom Reporting query", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "Queries to the reporting endpoint" }, { "item": "Custom Reporting write of a tag, user ID or quota entity ID", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.075, "note": "Each unique value in a request counts as one write" }, { "item": "AI Gateway trace delivered to a drain", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.05, "note": "Listed per 1,000 traces, Pro and Enterprise" }, { "item": "Trace egress", "unit": "gb", "usd": 0.5, "note": "Billed through Drains usage" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Vercel Inc.", "domain": "vercel.com", "domainRegistered": "1999-10-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://vercel.com/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://www.vercel-status.com", "changelog": "https://vercel.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-17", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (last updated 1 June 2026) name Vercel Inc. The AI Product Terms (last updated 17 March 2026, effective 31 March 2026) have a section for AI Gateway and form part of those terms.", "The Privacy Notice is effective from 1 June 2026. The DPA (effective 31 March 2026) applies to Pro and Enterprise plans.", "https://vercel.com/.well-known/security.txt points to HackerOne and responsible.disclosure@vercel.com and expires 2027-09-28.", "The API answers at ai-gateway.vercel.sh, a Vercel domain other than vercel.com. 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Both do llm inference.\n\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- Vercel AI Gateway: grade B, 66.7/100, rank #307 of 1175. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.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\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 74\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Vercel 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### Vercel AI Gateway (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want one key, one bill, budgets and failover in front of many model providers, especially on Vercel with OIDC.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 59\n- Security \u0026 auth, 79 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 45\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 64\n\nWatch for: The free monthly credit needs a valid payment method on the team, and its amount is not stated in the reviewed docs\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | MiniMax API | Vercel AI Gateway | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 74 | MiniMax API +1 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 74 | MiniMax API +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 83 | Vercel AI Gateway +24 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 79 | Vercel AI Gateway +49 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 79 | Vercel AI Gateway +34 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 70 | Vercel AI Gateway +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.2 · C** | **66.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | MiniMax API | Vercel AI Gateway |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model router |\n| Vendor | MiniMax | Vercel Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.minimax.io` | `https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or 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 | Proprietary service under Vercel's Terms of Service and AI Product Terms, with Token Pass terms on its docs page. Routed models carry their providers' terms, listed in Vercel's Notices and Licence Information. The `@ai-sdk/gateway` provider is Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-17 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-06-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-06-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\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 | yes |\n| Popularity | 493 stars | 29.6M npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3/5 (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**Vercel AI Gateway.** Token prices pass through with no markup, prompts are not stored by the gateway, and budgets, provider failover and per-request logs are built in. The free monthly credit needs a card on file, rate limits are not published as numbers, no SLA covers the API, and the contractual promise not to train on content applies to Enterprise subscriptions only.\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### Vercel AI Gateway\n\n1. Read `GET https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models` without a key to pick a model ID and check its price, context, ZDR and no-training flags before calling\n2. Set `zeroDataRetention` or `disallowPromptTraining` to true in `providerOptions.gateway` on sensitive requests. Default routing ignores provider retention and training policies\n3. Treat a 429 as retryable and honour `retry-after` when present. A 402 with `quota_for_entity_exceeded` is a spent budget, so do not retry it\n4. On a Token Pass key, a 403 with `no_providers_available` means spent credit or a model outside the pass. Retry with a standard AI Gateway key, which bills credits\n5. Set `inferenceRegion` when data residency matters. The default `global` may run inference outside the user's jurisdiction\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, MiniMax API or Vercel AI Gateway?\n\nVercel AI Gateway scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against MiniMax API's 55.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax API leads on schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n### Do MiniMax API and Vercel AI Gateway need an API key?\n\nMiniMax API needs an API key. Vercel AI Gateway takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call MiniMax API and Vercel AI Gateway without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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