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MiniMax H3 Pricing and API Facts

A hosted text-to-video and image-to-video model with 480P, 768P, 2K, and 4K price records.

Access and release status are source-checked descriptions, not a live uptime check. A reachable website does not establish that video playback or interaction currently works.

Reference prices, not a live quote. Some historical tiers need re-verification. Confirm the current rate on the provider’s page before spending.

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Published by Video Runtime · Source check 2026-09-04 · Evidence method · Suggest a correction

EDITORIALLY VERIFIED PRODUCT INFORMATION

About MiniMax H3

A hosted text-to-video and image-to-video model with 480P, 768P, 2K, and 4K price records. Choose text-to-video for prompt-only generation or image-to-video to animate an opening image and optionally guide the ending frame.

Key features

Text and image endpoints cover primary input modes. The supplied pricing spans four output sizes. The image endpoint documents first and optional last-frame control.

Getting started

Open the official project page and confirm current eligibility, region, account and payment requirements. Begin with the provider's own preview or onboarding flow; availability can change after this source check.

Real-time interaction

Choose text-to-video for prompt-only generation or image-to-video to animate an opening image and optionally guide the ending frame.

Pricing

$0.05–$0.16 per output second (standard) Supplied rates are $0.05 at 480P, $0.06 at 768P, $0.13 at 2K, and $0.16 at 4K per output second.

Limitations

No repeatable site quality, latency, or failure tests exist. 2K and 4K records are upscales from a 768P base, not native generation. Storage, transfer, retries, and app overhead are separate costs.

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EDITORIAL VIEW

Editor's Verdict

MiniMax H3 has the broadest resolution price ladder in this set, which helps compare delivery formats as well as clip counts.

The high-resolution labels require care because the supplied notes describe upscaling. Independent judgments remain absent.

How It Works

  • Choose text-to-video for prompt-only generation or image-to-video to animate an opening image and optionally guide the ending frame.

What We Like

  • Text and image endpoints cover primary input modes.
  • The supplied pricing spans four output sizes.
  • The image endpoint documents first and optional last-frame control.

Current Limitations

  • No repeatable site quality, latency, or failure tests exist.
  • 2K and 4K records are upscales from a 768P base, not native generation.
  • Storage, transfer, retries, and app overhead are separate costs.

Pricing & Access

  • fal · image-to-video · 2K · Current payable: Unavailable / needs review.
  • fal · image-to-video · 2K · Standard planning: $0.1300 / output second (USD; provider-default audio). Record fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-image-to-video-2k-standard, version fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-image-to-video-2k-standard; effective 2026-09-08; verified 2026-09-08. Source: https://fal.ai/models/minimax/h3/image-to-video; active, verification needs refresh, not a purchase guarantee.
  • fal · image-to-video · 480P · Current payable: Unavailable / needs review.
  • fal · image-to-video · 480P · Standard planning: $0.0500 / output second (USD; provider-default audio). Record fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-image-to-video-480p-standard, version fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-image-to-video-480p-standard; effective 2026-09-08; verified 2026-09-08. Source: https://fal.ai/models/minimax/h3/image-to-video; active, verification needs refresh, not a purchase guarantee.
  • fal · image-to-video · 4K · Current payable: Unavailable / needs review.
  • fal · image-to-video · 4K · Standard planning: $0.1600 / output second (USD; provider-default audio). Record fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-image-to-video-4k-standard, version fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-image-to-video-4k-standard; effective 2026-09-08; verified 2026-09-08. Source: https://fal.ai/models/minimax/h3/image-to-video; active, verification needs refresh, not a purchase guarantee.
  • fal · image-to-video · 768P · Current payable: Unavailable / needs review.
  • fal · image-to-video · 768P · Standard planning: $0.0600 / output second (USD; provider-default audio). Record fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-image-to-video-768p-standard, version fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-image-to-video-768p-standard; effective 2026-09-08; verified 2026-09-08. Source: https://fal.ai/models/minimax/h3/image-to-video; active, verification needs refresh, not a purchase guarantee.
  • fal · text-to-video · 2K · Current payable: Unavailable / needs review.
  • fal · text-to-video · 2K · Standard planning: $0.1300 / output second (USD; provider-default audio). Record fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-text-to-video-2k-standard, version fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-text-to-video-2k-standard; effective 2026-09-08; verified 2026-09-08. Source: https://fal.ai/models/minimax/h3/text-to-video; active, verification needs refresh, not a purchase guarantee.
  • fal · text-to-video · 480P · Current payable: Unavailable / needs review.
  • fal · text-to-video · 480P · Standard planning: $0.0500 / output second (USD; provider-default audio). Record fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-text-to-video-480p-standard, version fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-text-to-video-480p-standard; effective 2026-09-08; verified 2026-09-08. Source: https://fal.ai/models/minimax/h3/text-to-video; active, verification needs refresh, not a purchase guarantee.
  • fal · text-to-video · 4K · Current payable: Unavailable / needs review.
  • fal · text-to-video · 4K · Standard planning: $0.1600 / output second (USD; provider-default audio). Record fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-text-to-video-4k-standard, version fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-text-to-video-4k-standard; effective 2026-09-08; verified 2026-09-08. Source: https://fal.ai/models/minimax/h3/text-to-video; active, verification needs refresh, not a purchase guarantee.
  • fal · text-to-video · 768P · Current payable: Unavailable / needs review.
  • fal · text-to-video · 768P · Standard planning: $0.0600 / output second (USD; provider-default audio). Record fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-text-to-video-768p-standard, version fal-reviewed-20260908-h3-text-to-video-768p-standard; effective 2026-09-08; verified 2026-09-08. Source: https://fal.ai/models/minimax/h3/text-to-video; active, verification needs refresh, not a purchase guarantee.

Verification Summary

  • This record uses dated fal references and supplied baseline prices, not a live quote. Confirm current endpoint pricing before spending; some historical tiers need re-verification.
  • Video Runtime has not run a hands-on benchmark. Provider sample timings are not site end-to-end results; source review is not purchase-price verification.
Technical notes & official performance

Official Performance Data

  • The endpoint pages publish capabilities and samples but no cross-workload end-to-end latency guarantee.

Technical Notes

  • The text endpoint documents 5–15 second durations and seven aspect ratios.
  • Higher-resolution rates are labelled as upscales in supplied notes.

Sources

  1. fal text-to-video endpoint ↗official-docs · accessed 2026-09-04
  2. fal image-to-video endpoint ↗official-docs · accessed 2026-09-04

Access, stage & mechanism

These are separate source-checked facts, not a live uptime monitor. Unverified fields are left open; transport and persistent sessions do not establish how frames are generated.

Release stage
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Access mode
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Source availability
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Transport
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Interaction
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Session mode
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Generation mechanism
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Continuity method
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Licence status
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Tasks
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Read how official-source and hands-on records stay separate in our Methodology.