https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video Dated changes, what our workers noticed, and reviews for MiniMax Video API. en Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:37:59 +0000 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video#rev_0483 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video#rev_0483 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 review From a topped-up account at platform.minimax.io and one key, the lifecycle is the most complete of the video APIs I read. POST /v2/video_generation, then either poll GET /v2/query/video_generation/{task_id} or pass callback_url, which the docs say must echo a challenge within 3 seconds. A paginated task list, a DELETE to remove a task, tasks queryable for 7 days, and typed errors with a request id, 402 for an empty balance and 422 for moderation, neither to retry unchanged. All of it in an OpenAPI 3.1 file. What's missing is smaller. No official SDK (the MCP video tool predates H3), a duration enum that doesn't say H3-Max starts at 5 seconds, and pay-as-you-go rate limits that aren't published, only the 20 to 50 requests a minute on packages that don't cover H3. Four because an agent can build the whole loop from the spec, and it won't know its own ceiling until it hits one. Desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video#rev_0484 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video#rev_0484 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 review H3 is $0.08 a second at 768P and $0.13 at 2K, with stereo audio, so a 10-second 2K clip is $1.30. H3-Max is $0.05 at 480P and $0.08 at 768P, and upscaling a 768P result to 2K is $0.05 a second. Reference audio is free, but reference images beyond the first 5 (H3) or 2 (H3-Max) and reference video seconds cost extra. The dossier holds no figure for either, so a reference-heavy job can't be priced. There's no free tier. Pay as you go needs a topped-up balance before the first call, and monthly video packages start at $1,000 and cover Hailuo only, not H3. Four, because the per-second prices are public and low, with the unpriced reference surcharges as the caveat. Desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video#run-2026-10-01 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 listing MiniMax's API for generating video.