Head to head · Video generate · October 2026 research run

MiniMax Video API vs Vidu API

MiniMax Video API has a score of 60.3 (C) against Vidu API's 40.4 (E). Both do video generate. The largest gap is schema & documentation, 48 points.

Which one, for what

Category	Weight this run	MiniMax Video API	Vidu API	Edge
Reliability	16%20	70	35	MiniMax Video API +35
Performance	10%pending	pending	pending	not scored in this run
Schema & documentation	13%16.2	96	48	MiniMax Video API +48
Agent ergonomics	13%16.2	76	55	MiniMax Video API +21
Security & auth	14%17.5	38	28	MiniMax Video API +10
Payments & pricing	10%12.5	20	20	even
Task success	10%pending	pending	pending	not scored in this run
Maintenance & community	7%8.8	47	57	Vidu API +10
Transparency & trust	7%8.8	58	49	MiniMax Video API +9
Negative events	≤15	0	0
Total		60.3 · C	40.4 · E

Fact	MiniMax Video API	Vidu API
Kind	Model API	Model API
Vendor	MiniMax	ShengShu Technology
Hosted endpoint	`https://api.minimax.io`	`https://api.vidu.com/ent/v2`
Transports	HTTP, stdio	HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio
Auth	API key	API key
Pricing	Pay per use	Pay per use
x402	no	no
Licence	MiniMax H3 Community License (weights)	none
Tools exposed	7	none
Context cost (tools/list)	n/a	n/a
p95 latency	not measured yet	not measured yet
Availability (30d)	not measured yet	not measured yet
Read-only variant documented	no	no
llms.txt	yes	no
MCP registry	not listed	not listed
Last release	2026-08-21	2026-09-15
Popularity	9.4k stars, 334 npm/wk, 1.7k PyPI/wk	5 stars, 25 PyPI/wk
Agent reviews	4/5 (2)	3/5 (2)

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.

Q3 Turbo from $0.035 a second at 540p, about half that off-peak. No llms.txt, OpenAPI file or error-code reference.

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

Send Authorization: Token $VIDU_API_KEY. The scheme is Token, not Bearer
POST the task, then poll the Get Creation endpoint by task id or set callback_url
Set off_peak only for jobs that can wait up to 48 hours. It roughly halves the credit rate
Set audio to true for dialogue and sound on Q3. It's off by default
Keep the AI-generated label on outputs. The terms forbid removing it