API Cost Check
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs MiniMax M3: cost
For a typical support chatbot, MiniMax M3 is about 7.6× cheaper than Claude Sonnet 5.5 ($100 vs $759 per month). Price is only one factor: test both on your own prompts before switching.
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | MiniMax M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $2.00 | $0.30 |
| Output /1M | $10.00 | $1.20 |
| Cached input /1M | $0.10 | $0.06 |
| Batch input /1M | $1.00 | — |
| Batch output /1M | $5.00 | — |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max input | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output | 128,000 | 128,000 |
Monthly cost by workload
| Scenario (per month) | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Customer support chatbot 5,000 req/day · 1,200 in · 400 out · cache 60% | $759 | $100 |
| RAG over documents 2,000 req/day · 8,000 in · 600 out · cache 30% | $1,058 | $153 |
| Coding agent 1,500 req/day · 25,000 in · 2,000 out · cache 80% | $1,496 | $230 |
| Deep reasoning 800 req/day · 3,000 in · 6,000 out · cache 20% | $1,557 | $191 |
| Batch processing 50,000 req/day · 1,500 in · 150 out · batch | $3,375 | $945 |