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      "repo": "https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3",
      "license": "MiniMax H3 Community License (weights)",
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          "registry": "npm",
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      "authNotes": "Bearer key from platform.minimax.io. Mainland China accounts use api.minimaxi.com with a separate key.",
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      "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go per second of output. MiniMax-H3 $0.08 a second at 768P, $0.13 at 2K. H3-Max $0.05 at 480P, $0.08 at 768P. Reference images beyond the first 5 (H3) or 2 (H3-Max) cost extra, reference video is billed per second, audio is free. Upscaling a 768P result to 2K costs $0.05 a second. Legacy Hailuo 2.3 is $0.28 for a 768P 6 second clip. Monthly video packages from $1,000 cover Hailuo only, not H3 (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing-paygo).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
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        "level": "no",
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          "confidence": "medium",
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          "2K with stereo audio at $0.13 a second, 768P at $0.08",
          "OpenAPI 3.1 file with enums, typed errors and examples for the V2 video API",
          "Callbacks, a paginated task list and a delete call",
          "Status page with its own Video Generation component, no video incidents since 13 September",
          "H3 weights published on Hugging Face"
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          "No statement found on whether API inputs train models, and the privacy policy needs a browser",
          "No free tier, no SLA and no security.txt",
          "Pay-as-you-go rate limits aren't published",
          "Video packages from $1,000 cover Hailuo only, so H3 is pay as you go",
          "No official SDK, and the MCP server's video tool documents only Hailuo models"
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          "Use POST /v2/video_generation for H3 and poll GET /v2/query/video_generation/{task_id}. Tasks stay queryable for 7 days",
          "Set `ratio` for text-to-video. `adaptive` isn't allowed there",
          "Pass `callback_url` to skip polling. Your endpoint must echo the `challenge` within 3 seconds",
          "A 402 means the balance is empty and a 422 means moderation blocked the content. Don't retry either unchanged"
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        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add minimax -e MINIMAX_API_KEY=$MINIMAX_API_KEY -e MINIMAX_API_HOST=https://api.minimax.io -- uvx minimax-mcp -y",
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          "mcpServers": {
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                "-y"
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              "env": {
                "MINIMAX_API_HOST": "https://api.minimax.io",
                "MINIMAX_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e"
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          "item": "MiniMax-H3 2K",
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          "note": "with audio"
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        {
          "item": "MiniMax-H3-Max 480P",
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        },
        {
          "item": "MiniMax-H3-Max 768P",
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        },
        {
          "item": "H3 regeneration 768P to 2K",
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        "legalEntity": "Nanonoble Pte. Ltd.",
        "domain": "minimax.io",
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        "privacy": "https://platform.minimax.io/protocol/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.minimax.io",
        "changelog": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/release-notes/models",
        "securityTxt": "none",
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          "Nanonoble Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore entity, 152 Beach Road, operating MiniMax's international services",
          "minimax.io changed registrar on 2025-01-31"
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              "date": "2026-10-02",
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              "date": "2026-10-03",
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              "date": "2026-10-04",
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.minimax.io",
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          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
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      "vendor": "Pika (Mellis, Inc.)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://pika.art",
      "kind": "model",
      "category": "video-generation",
      "summary": "Pika's self-serve API for its video generation models.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pika",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pika.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pika.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pika.json",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.dev.pika.art",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "API key from dev.pika.art/keys, sent as X-API-Key or Authorization: Bearer. The public catalogue and price quotes need no key.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Membership $10 a month, with a $10 usage credit in the first month, then prepaid pay-as-you-go at member rates (prices include a 5 per cent platform fee). Pika 2.5 is $0.04 a second at 720p and $0.09 a second at 1080p for 5 second clips. Resold models are priced per model, for example MiniMax H3 2K at $0.13 a second. No free generation tier. Enterprise plans add volume discounts and higher concurrency (https://dev.pika.art/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$10 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in llms.txt, the OpenAPI spec or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
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      "docsUrl": "https://dev.pika.art/llms.txt",
      "llmsTxt": "https://dev.pika.art/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://dev.pika.art/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "video.generate",
        "video.image-to-video",
        "video.edit",
        "video.audio",
        "video.extend"
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        "closed-source",
        "card-required",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "model-platform"
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      "graded": true,
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        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 382,
        "ranked": true,
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        "categoryRank": 6,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 20,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 33,
          "transparency": 49
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
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          "Keyless catalogue with live prices and JSON input schemas for 162 operations",
          "Free price quotes before you submit",
          "Idempotency keys, signed webhooks and job deletion that erases media and prompts",
          "Pika 2.5 from $0.04 a second at 720p",
          "OpenAPI 3.1 and a detailed llms.txt"
        ],
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          "$10 a month membership before any usage, and no free generation",
          "No status page, changelog or official SDK",
          "Terms allow training on anonymised or aggregated inputs and outputs",
          "Rate limits described but no numbers published",
          "Launched on 2026-08-04, so there's little track record"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call `GET /catalog/apis/{api_id}?expand=inputs` first. It's free and returns the path, schema and price",
          "Check GET /billing/balance before a submit. A 403 can mean an inactive key or an empty balance",
          "Send an Idempotency-Key on every submit, and a fresh one only when you change the body",
          "Record cost from `billing.charge_micro_usd` only once `billing.state` is settled"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 4,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
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            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 33,
          "transparency": 35
        },
        "provenanceScore": 62
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/pika/pika-2.5/text-to-video \\\n  -H \"X-API-Key: $PIKA_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"prompt\":\"a paper boat drifting down a rainy street\",\"resolution\":\"720p\",\"duration_s\":5}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/video.generate",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/pika"
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        {
          "item": "Pika 2.5 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.04
        },
        {
          "item": "Pika 2.5 1080p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.09,
          "note": "5 second clip. Image-to-video at 1080p lists $0.06 for other durations"
        },
        {
          "item": "MiniMax H3 2K text-to-video",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.13,
          "note": "resold model, member price"
        },
        {
          "item": "API Club membership",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 10,
          "note": "$10 usage credit in the first month"
        }
      ],
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        "legalEntity": "Mellis, Inc.",
        "domain": "pika.art",
        "domainRegistered": "2023-06-29",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://dev.pika.art/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://dev.pika.art/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Mellis, Inc. of Palo Alto trades as Pika. The homepage claims 99.9 per cent uptime but links no status page"
        ],
        "score": 62
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pika.json",
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        "slug": "pika",
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          "target": "https://api.dev.pika.art",
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          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:48:13.806099939Z",
          "lastOk": true,
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
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              "ok": 35
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 270,
              "ok": 270
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          "url": "https://pika.art/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:05.312331452Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://dev.pika.art/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:06.332658611Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "pika.art",
          "registered": "2023-06-29",
          "source": "https://rdap.centralnic.com/art/domain/pika.art",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:56.861633555Z"
        },
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            "url": "https://dev.pika.art/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:24.736974642Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:18:44.380301042Z",
            "fingerprint": "c58ced45fc48"
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          {
            "url": "https://dev.pika.art/privacy-policy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:27.595578264Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "16b38958a0c4"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://dev.pika.art/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:28.899903776Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "578ddb898f5b"
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    },
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  "markdown": "MiniMax Video API has a score of 60.3 (C) against Pika API's 47.8 (D). Both do video generate. The largest gap is reliability, 35 points.\n\n- MiniMax Video API: grade C, 60.3/100, rank #249 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-video.json\n- Pika API: grade D, 47.8/100, rank #382 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pika.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pika.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick MiniMax Video API for reliability (+35), schema \u0026 documentation (+13), security \u0026 auth (+5), maintenance \u0026 community (+27), transparency \u0026 trust (+9).\n\nPick Pika API for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | MiniMax Video API | Pika API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 35 | MiniMax Video API +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 96 | 83 | MiniMax Video API +13 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 80 | Pika API +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 38 | 33 | MiniMax Video API +5 |\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) | 47 | 20 | MiniMax Video API +27 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 49 | MiniMax Video API +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.3 · C** | **47.8 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | MiniMax Video API | Pika API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | MiniMax | Pika (Mellis, Inc.) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.minimax.io` | `https://api.dev.pika.art` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MiniMax H3 Community License (weights) | none |\n| Tools exposed | 7 | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-08-21 | none |\n| Popularity | 9.4k stars, 334 npm/wk, 1.7k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**MiniMax Video API.** 2K with stereo audio at $0.13 a second, 768P at $0.08. No statement found on whether API inputs train models, and the privacy policy needs a browser.\n\n**Pika API.** Keyless catalogue with live prices and JSON input schemas for 162 operations. $10 a month membership before any usage, and no free generation.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### MiniMax Video API\n\n1. Use POST /v2/video_generation for H3 and poll GET /v2/query/video_generation/{task_id}. Tasks stay queryable for 7 days\n2. Set `ratio` for text-to-video. `adaptive` isn't allowed there\n3. Pass `callback_url` to skip polling. Your endpoint must echo the `challenge` within 3 seconds\n4. A 402 means the balance is empty and a 422 means moderation blocked the content. Don't retry either unchanged\n\n### Pika API\n\n1. Call `GET /catalog/apis/{api_id}?expand=inputs` first. It's free and returns the path, schema and price\n2. Check GET /billing/balance before a submit. A 403 can mean an inactive key or an empty balance\n3. Send an Idempotency-Key on every submit, and a fresh one only when you change the body\n4. Record cost from `billing.charge_micro_usd` only once `billing.state` is settled\n\n## Other comparisons with MiniMax Video API or Pika API\n\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs MiniMax Video API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-minimax-video.md)\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Pika API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-pika.md)\n- [Google Veo vs MiniMax Video API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-minimax-video.md)\n- [Google Veo vs Pika API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-pika.md)\n- [Kling AI API vs MiniMax Video API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-minimax-video.md)\n- [Kling AI API vs Pika API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-pika.md)\n- [Luma AI API vs MiniMax Video API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/luma-vs-minimax-video.md)\n- [Luma AI API vs Pika API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/luma-vs-pika.md)\n- [MiniMax Video API vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-video-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [MiniMax Video API vs PixVerse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-video-vs-pixverse.md)\n- [MiniMax Video API vs Runway API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-video-vs-runway.md)\n- [MiniMax Video API vs Vidu API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-video-vs-vidu.md)\n- [OpenAI Sora API vs Pika API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-sora-vs-pika.md)\n- [Pika API vs PixVerse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pika-vs-pixverse.md)\n- [Pika API vs Runway API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pika-vs-runway.md)\n- [Pika API vs Vidu API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pika-vs-vidu.md)\n",
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