MiniMax
Shanghai lab shipping the M-series text models alongside its Hailuo video and speech products.
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MiniMax vs Kimi
MiniMax (MiniMax) and Kimi (Moonshot AI) both sit in Writing. Kimi is the cheaper entry point at API access with pay-as-you-go pricing based on token consumption. File APIs are currently free.. Kimi shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (10 vs 5). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | MiniMax MiniMax | Kimi Moonshot AI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Writing | Writing |
| Version | M3 | Kimi K3 |
| Entry cost | from $0.3/org/mo | API access with pay-as-you-go pricing based on token consumption. File APIs are currently free. |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · API input /M $0.3 · API output /M $1.2 | Pay-as-you-go / Pay-per-token free |
| Model stack | H3 · M2.5 · M2.7 · M3 · MiniMax Code · MiniMax H3 · MiniMax M2.5 · MiniMax M2.7 · MiniMax M3 · MiniMax Music 3.0 · MiniMax Speech 2.8 · MiniMax-M2.1 · Music 3.0 · Speech 2.8 | Kimi K2.6 · Kimi K2.7 Code · Kimi K3 · kimi-k2.5 · kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed |
| Context window | 1000000 | 1000000 |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 5 | 10 |
| Origin | China | China |
| Capabilities | Interleaved thinking, Tool calling, Open weights, Long context, Text Generation, Code Generation, Video Generation, Speech Generation | Native multimodal (visual + text), 1M-token context, Agentic tool use, Thinking / non-thinking modes, Dedicated coding models (k2.7-code, high-speed), Open weights, 1M token context, Multimodal input |
Kimi
Moonshot AI's assistant, known for very long context windows and the open-weight K2 agentic model.
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