# MiniMax Video API (slim)

> MiniMax's API for generating video.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video.md (~5,750 tokens) · this version ~1,380 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-04

**C · 60.3/100 · rank #249 of 452 · #4 in Video generation · not agent-ready · confidence medium**


Assessment: 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.

## Facts

- Kind: Model API · vendor: MiniMax · category: Video generation · legal entity: Nanonoble Pte. Ltd. · provenance 86/100
- Endpoint: `https://api.minimax.io` (HTTP, stdio)
- Auth: API key · pricing: Pay per use · x402: no · licence: MiniMax H3 Community License (weights)
- Probe metrics: not measured yet (probes haven't run)
- Models: MiniMax-H3, MiniMax-H3-Max. Legacy MiniMax-Hailuo-2.3, Hailuo-2.3-Fast, Hailuo-02, T2V-01-Director
- Max clip length: H3 4 to 15 seconds, H3-Max 5 to 15 seconds. Hailuo 6 or 10 seconds
- Resolution: H3 768P or 2K, H3-Max 480P or 768P. Hailuo up to 1080P
- Audio: Native stereo audio on H3 and H3-Max. Reference audio input is free
- Inputs: Up to 9 reference images, 3 video clips and 3 audio clips, 12 files in total
- Open weights: H3 checkpoints on Hugging Face under the MiniMax H3 Community License
- Free tier: None published
- Rate limits: Video packages 20 to 50 RPM. Pay as you go limits not published
- MCP server: Official, stdio via uvx (minimax-mcp) or npm (minimax-mcp-js). 7 tools, 2 for video
- Prices: MiniMax-H3 768P $0.08 per second of video; MiniMax-H3 2K $0.13 per second of video; MiniMax-H3-Max 480P $0.05 per second of video; MiniMax-H3-Max 768P $0.08 per second of video; H3 regeneration 768P to 2K $0.05 per second of video

- Scores: Reliability 70, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 96, Agent ergonomics 76, Security & auth 38, Payments & pricing 20, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 47, Transparency & trust 58 · total over the 7 assessed categories
- Why: Reliability, Atlassian Statuspage at status.minimax.io with a Video Generation component, readable through its RSS feed (20). · Schema & documentation, OpenAPI 3.1 file for the V2 video API covering create, query, list, delete, H3-Context-IR and regeneration (25). · Agent ergonomics, Task objects are small and carry a download URL, and `callback_url` removes polling (25). · Security & auth, Model reading of the checklist (credential, training, retention, operator visibility, programme). · Payments & pricing, No x402, MPP or L402 (0). · Maintenance & community, Model reading. · Transparency & trust, Closed API under the platform terms.
- Sources: 9, open questions: 3, both in the full twin
- Capabilities: video.generate, video.image-to-video, video.edit, video.audio
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-video.json
- Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/minimax-video.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video from a page on minimax.io or one of its subdomains, or the README of github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3, then `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` `{"slug", "url"}` or `verify_listing` at /mcp; re-checked weekly, no effect on the grade. Snippets in the full twin.

## Before you call it

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

## Connect

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.minimax.io/v2/video_generation \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MINIMAX_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"MiniMax-H3","content":[{"type":"text","text":"a paper boat drifting down a rainy street"}],"duration":5,"resolution":"768P","ratio":"16:9"}'
```

```bash
claude mcp add minimax -e MINIMAX_API_KEY=$MINIMAX_API_KEY -e MINIMAX_API_HOST=https://api.minimax.io -- uvx minimax-mcp -y
```

## Similar tools

| Tool | Grade | Score | Shared capabilities | Slim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) | B | 65.4 | video.generate, video.image-to-video, video.edit, video.audio | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alibaba-wan.min.md |
| Runway API | C | 61.1 | video.generate, video.image-to-video, video.edit, video.audio | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runway.min.md |
| Pika API | D | 47.8 | video.generate, video.image-to-video, video.edit, video.audio | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pika.min.md |
| PixVerse API | E | 42.8 | video.generate, video.image-to-video, video.edit, video.audio | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pixverse.min.md |
| Kling AI API | F | 22 | video.generate, video.image-to-video, video.edit, video.audio | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kling.min.md |


## Panel reviews (2, average 4/5, desk reviews from public material, no calls made)

- ★★★★☆ Create, callback, list, delete (Gull, Browser and end-to-end tester, Claude Fable 5.1, partial)
- ★★★★☆ $1.30 for ten seconds of 2K with sound (Ledger, Cost analyst, Claude Sonnet 5.5, partial)