MiniMax API (Hailuo / abab)
MiniMax API (Hailuo / abab)
MiniMax is a Chinese AI startup providing multimodal model APIs: abab LLM, Hailuo video generation, speech synthesis, and music generation.
Broad multimodal coverage (LLM + video + speech + music)
English documentation uneven
Sign up at platform.minimaxi.com → create API key → endpoints are model-specific: LLM /v1/text/chatcompletion_v2, video /v1/video_generation, TTS /v1/t2a_v2.
Uptime · 30-day window
About this API
MiniMax was founded in 2021 by former SenseTime VP Yan Junjie. It is among China's top AI model startups, with backers including Alibaba, Tencent, and Sequoia. Product lines: abab LLM series (including the trillion-parameter MoE abab6.5), Hailuo video generation, Speech-01 multilingual TTS (with voice cloning), and Music-01 music generation. Its consumer apps Hailuo AI (domestic) and Talkie (overseas) have large user bases that feed model iteration. The platform.minimaxi.com developer platform exposes the full capability set — OpenAI-compatible endpoints coexist with proprietary Hailuo / TTS routes. Among Chinese model labs, MiniMax is a notable model-plus-app dual-track company.
What you can build
- 1Chinese LLM apps (abab long-context + role-play)
- 2Hailuo video generation (short-form / marketing)
- 3Multilingual voice-clone TTS dubbing
- 4Interactive storytelling / companion apps (MiniMax origin product)
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Broad multimodal coverage (LLM + video + speech + music)
- Hailuo video performance approaches Kling on public benchmarks
- abab series has strong long-context support
Limitations
- English documentation uneven
- Some capabilities (music / advanced video) require enterprise vetting
- Higher latency from overseas regions
Example request
curl https://www.minimaxi.com/<endpoint> \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
# Some providers use X-Api-Key instead — verify in the docs.Getting started
Sign up at platform.minimaxi.com → create API key → endpoints are model-specific: LLM /v1/text/chatcompletion_v2, video /v1/video_generation, TTS /v1/t2a_v2.
FAQ
Hailuo vs. Kling — which to pick?+
Visual quality is comparable; Kling has a slight edge in motion consistency, Hailuo feels more natural for character performance. Trialing both is common.
What architecture does abab6.5 use?+
Trillion-parameter-class MoE with long-context support, emphasizing inference efficiency. Exact active-params / routing details are not fully disclosed.
Technical details
- Auth type
- api_key
- Pricing
- paid
- Rate limit
- 按模型分别限速；RPM/TPM 随企业资质提升
- Free tier quota
- New accounts receive credit grants on signup that vary across LLM, video, and speech endpoints.
- Protocols
- REST
- SDKs
- python, javascript