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Cheapest and fastest
- Cheapest
- MiniMax
- $0.131 per 1M tokens blended
- $0.075 input, $0.30 output
- Fastest
- DigitalOcean
- 179 tokens per second
- $0.262 blended, 1.09 s to first token
Every provider
| Provider | Input /1M | Output /1M | Blended 3:1 | Cache read /1M | Context | Quantization | Latency | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax | $0.075 | $0.30 | $0.131 | $0.0075 | 1.05M | Not listed | 1.20 s | 106 tok/s |
| GMICloud | $0.113 | $0.45 | $0.197 | $0.0112 | 1.05M | FP8 | 1.94 s | 93 tok/s |
| StreamLake | $0.135 | $0.54 | $0.236 | $0.0135 | 1M | FP8 | 2.16 s | 65 tok/s |
| DigitalOcean | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.262 | $0.015 | 1.05M | Not listed | 1.09 s | 179 tok/s |
| Fireworks | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.262 | $0.015 | 1.05M | Not listed | 0.71 s | 122 tok/s |
| inference.net | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.262 | $0.015 | 1M | FP4 | 0.45 s | 69 tok/s |
| inference.net (US) | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.262 | $0.015 | 1M | FP4 | 0.54 s | 68 tok/s |
| ModelRun [by Modular] | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.262 | $0.015 | 1.05M | FP4 | 0.68 s | 138 tok/s |
| Nebius Token Factory | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.262 | $0.015 | 1.05M | FP4 | 0.70 s | 106 tok/s |
| NovitaAI | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.262 | $0.015 | 1M | FP16 | 1.49 s | 86 tok/s |
| Parasail | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.262 | $0.015 | 1.05M | FP8 | 0.72 s | 163 tok/s |
| SambaNova | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.262 | $0.015 | 1.05M | Not listed | 1.47 s | 54 tok/s |
| Together | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.262 | $0.015 | 1.05M | Not listed | 0.55 s | 118 tok/s |
Blended is three parts input price to one part output, per million tokens. Latency is time to first token and throughput is output tokens per second, both averaged from OpenRouter's daily figures for the last 7 days. Cheapest and fastest only count listings that were up when checked.
Questions
What is the cheapest MiniMax M3.1 Flash API provider?
MiniMax, at $0.131 per million tokens blended ($0.075 input, $0.30 output), in OpenRouter's listings on November 7, 2026.
How much does MiniMax M3.1 Flash cost per million tokens?
Input runs from $0.075 to $0.15 per million tokens across 13 listings, and output from $0.30 to $0.60. The middle listing comes to $0.262 blended.
Which MiniMax M3.1 Flash provider is fastest?
DigitalOcean had the most throughput over the last 7 days, about 179 tokens per second. inference.net was quickest to the first token at 0.45 s.
How do I pay for MiniMax M3.1 Flash inference?
Buy OpenRouter credits and it sends each request to one of these providers, or open an account with a provider and pay it directly. The ernd card is a credit card for US companies. It earns 4% back on AI vendor spend and 1.5% back on everything else.
More models
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- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 from $0.0667 blended
- GLM 5.3 from $0.402 blended
- Kimi K3.1 Pro from $2.27 blended
- Nemotron 3 Ultra from $0.74 blended
- Hy3 from $0.144 blended
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL from $0.133 blended
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash from $0.14 blended
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 from $0.0544 blended
- Kimi K3 from $2.61 blended
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning from $0.0488 blended
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro from $0.486 blended
- GLM 5.2 from $0.29 blended
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 from $0.871 blended
- Qwen3.8 27B from $0.342 blended
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Source
Checked . Providers change prices often, so OpenRouter's page is the final word. ernd is run by Provenance Research Inc.