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MiniMax H3 Review: API Pricing, Access Routes, and Updates

MiniMax H3 is a multimodal video-generation model with distinct hosted API, Hailuo product, and open-weight access routes. This living record keeps those access paths and their evidence boundaries separate.

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MiniMax H3
Release date
2026-07-31
Status
Generally available through distinct hosted API, Hailuo, and open-weight routes.
Context window
Unknown
Output limit
Unknown
API
yes
Open weights
yes
Local/self-hosted
yes
Pricing
Published pay-as-you-go API pricing in USD; exact per-second and token units are shown in the reviewed living record.
Evidence state
Source-verified

Kingy AI Product Facts

MiniMax H3

Current statusGenerally available

Company
MiniMax Group
Primary job
Generate video from text, images, video, or audio through the MiniMax H3 model.
Audience
video creators, creative developers, AI video teams
API
Available
Model weights
Available
Evidence
Source-backed; coverage expanding
Coverage
12 of 83 core fields reviewed
Sources
5
Latest source check
August 25, 2026
See all tracked product factsPricing, platforms, dependencies, data claims, regions, and timeline

Plans and pricing units

  • 2K video generation 0.13 USD per output second resolution=2K
  • 768P video generation 0.08 USD per output second resolution=768P
  • 768P-to-2K regeneration 0.05 USD per regenerated second source_resolution=768P · target_resolution=2K
  • Context-IR input 0.9 USD per million input tokens
  • Context-IR output 3.6 USD per million output tokens

Where it runs

Availability
Not yet reviewed

Stack and integrations

Model / provider dependencies
Not yet reviewed
Integrations
Not yet reviewed

Data and regions

Vendor data-use claim
Not yet reviewed
Vendor retention claim
Not yet reviewed
Regions
Not yet reviewed

Launch and latest material update

Launch
Not yet reviewed
Latest material update
Material UpdateAugust 3, 2026
Technical evidence and revision history
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This label is not a security certification, audit, or product endorsement. It reports the facts Kingy currently supports and when they were last checked.

Benchmark Caveat

This living record does not claim a universal benchmark winner. Buyer guidance distinguishes retained official product, API, pricing, and terms evidence from Kingy editorial testing and disclosed sponsored artifacts.

Full Model Notes

Kingy verdict

Treat H3 open weights, Hailuo access, and MiniMax’s hosted API as three separate routes with different terms and entitlements.

MiniMax H3 is a distinct general-purpose multimodal generation model developed by MiniMax Group. MiniMax announced the H3 launch on 2026-07-31. MiniMax announced the H3 open-source release on 2026-08-03.

Best for Teams comparing open weights, consumer access, and hosted video API useEvidence checked 2026-08-24Current state Living record

Buyer decision

The decision this page helps make

Choose between the separate H3 open-weights release, contextual Hailuo access, and the verified MiniMax pay-as-you-go API route without conflating their prices, dates, resolutions, or entitlements.

Current verified state

MiniMax announced the H3 launch on 2026-07-31. MiniMax announced the H3 open-source release on 2026-08-03. The zh-Intl Hailuo product page offered a MiniMax H3 selection and try action when observed on 2026-08-24.

Open weights

A separately announced open-source distribution route. Hosting, hardware, deployment, and license review remain the adopter’s responsibility.

MiniMax Open Platform API

The documented pay-as-you-go route uses model MiniMax-H3 at POST /v2/video_generation, with resolution-based output pricing.

Hailuo AI

A consumer web surface that offered an H3 selection when checked. Its plans, quotas, and regional access are not interchangeable with API entitlement.

What it costs

Hosted API pricing and access

On MiniMax’s signed-out English API documentation observed on 2026-08-24, the pay-as-you-go video route uses model identifier MiniMax-H3 at POST /v2/video_generation; the pricing table displays $0.13 per second for 2K and $0.08 per second for 768P, with separate H3 regeneration and Context-IR pricing. MiniMax Open Platform’s terms state that all payments are in USD unless otherwise specified; the captured H3 pay-as-you-go pricing page gives no contrary currency specification, so its displayed dollar amounts are USD under those terms.

2K generation

$0.13 USD per output second

768P generation

$0.08 USD per output second

768P to 2K regeneration

$0.05 USD per regenerated second

Context-IR

$0.90/M input tokens · $3.60/M output tokens

Buying rule: Prices and access can depend on locale, currency, plan, account, device, platform, promotion, tax, and observation date. Recheck the exact official checkout before purchasing.

Before you choose

Limits and evidence boundaries

Launch and open-weights clocks

This is a separate clock from the 2026-07-31 model launch.

Hailuo access

This does not prove plan, account, quota, price, or universal regional availability.

Hosted API route and pricing

Open weights, Hailuo access, and hosted API access remain separate routes. The pricing page uses ‘$’; the applicable platform terms provide the USD currency binding separately.

USD currency binding

The currency code is supplied by the applicable platform terms, not printed beside each amount on the pricing table; a specific order or later product notice could override the default.

Evidence boundary: Official availability and product positioning do not prove output quality, performance, adoption, or suitability for every buyer. Kingy separates product identity, operators, access routes, pricing, licensing, and data-use claims.

Kingy testing and commercial disclosure

What Kingy tested—and who paid

Hands-on evidence adds workflow context. Sponsorship or supplied access never changes product facts, source strength, ranking, or revision history.

Hands-on Kingy evidence

MiniMax H3 vs M3 analysis

Identity disambiguation among H3, M3, Hailuo 3.0, and Kling O3.

Relationship
Independent editorial coverage
Access
No supplied access
Affiliate status
No affiliate commission
Editorial control
Kingy retained full editorial control
Coverage began
Not applicable

Hands-on Kingy evidence

MiniMax H3 in Hailuo AI: full test

Combined Hailuo/H3 test presentation; not corporate-hierarchy proof.

Relationship
Paid sponsorship
Access
Supplied access or credits
Affiliate status
No affiliate commission
Editorial control
Kingy retained full editorial control
Coverage began
2026-08-02

What changed

Latest verified updates to this record

These entries describe what Kingy verified or materially improved. A new check date does not imply the vendor changed the product on that date.

  1. Official product evidence rechecked

    Refreshed the identity, access, pricing, operator, and limitation claims supported by the official sources listed below.

  2. Buyer guidance and disclosures rebuilt

    Separated verified facts from unknowns, bound each hands-on artifact to its commercial disclosure, and added decision-focused answers without changing historical dates.

Quick answers

MiniMax H3 questions buyers ask

Is MiniMax H3 open source?

MiniMax announced H3 on July 31, 2026 and announced the separate open-source release on August 3, 2026. Those are distinct dates and do not by themselves describe a hosted-service entitlement.

How much does the MiniMax H3 API cost?

The pay-as-you-go documentation checked August 24, 2026 listed MiniMax-H3 at $0.13 per second for 2K and $0.08 per second for 768P. MiniMax platform terms bind payments to USD unless otherwise specified.

What is the MiniMax H3 API endpoint?

The captured documentation identified model MiniMax-H3 on POST /v2/video_generation. Buyers should recheck the live documentation before implementation because routes and prices can change.

Is Hailuo access the same as MiniMax API access?

No. Hailuo’s consumer interface, MiniMax Open Platform API access, and open weights are different distribution routes. A selection visible in Hailuo does not establish API quota, price, or universal availability.

Primary evidence

Official sources and freshness

Material claims are tied to official sources retained in Kingy’s evidence ledger. Links use descriptive labels so readers can see where each source leads.

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How this living record is maintained

Kingy appends verified revisions instead of silently replacing earlier values. Source checks, material editorial reviews, original publication, and page modification dates are tracked separately.

API pricing notes

2K video: $0.13 per output second; 768P: $0.08 per output second; 768P-to-2K regeneration: $0.05 per regenerated second; Context-IR: $0.90/M input and $3.60/M output tokens (USD).

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