MiniMax Video API vs Replicate video models

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.

Replicate video models

One bearer token reaches more than twenty official video models at published per-second prices, each with a typed input schema, and failed runs aren't charged. Tokens have no scopes or spend cap, no SLA is published, and the terms let Replicate withdraw any model without notice.

MiniMax Video API

1. Use POST /v2/video_generation for H3 and poll GET /v2/query/video_generation/{task_id}. Tasks stay queryable for 7 days
2. Set ratio for text-to-video. adaptive isn't allowed there
3. Pass callback_url to skip polling. Your endpoint must echo the challenge within 3 seconds
4. A 402 means the balance is empty and a 422 means moderation blocked the content. Don't retry either unchanged

Replicate video models

1. Call official models at POST /v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions with no version, then poll GET /v1/predictions/{id} or pass webhook. Video jobs usually outlast the 60-second Prefer: wait window
2. Download the output file within the hour. API predictions lose inputs, outputs and logs after 60 minutes
3. Read the model's price tiers before setting resolution, mode or generate_audio. Kling 3.0 runs from $0.168 to $0.42 a second and Veo 3.1 doubles with audio
4. Send Cancel-After on every create. There is no idempotency key, so a blind retry is a second paid video
5. Keep credit above $20 or enable auto-reload. Low balances are throttled, and granted credit with no card is held to 6 requests a minute