model · model/minimax-minimax-m3-free
MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free)
The minimax/minimax-m3:free row left OpenRouter's model catalog after it
was last seen on 2026-09-07. A live fetch of
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models
on 2026-09-08 lists minimax/minimax-m3 and
minimax/minimax-m3:batch, but not this row. The row-specific endpoint
request for
minimax/minimax-m3:free
returned an empty endpoints array; the standard M3 endpoint remains
populated. OpenRouter's human-facing page still renders a page for the free
slug, so that page is not evidence that the route is currently served.
This was a time-limited free offer, not a retirement or rename of MiniMax M3.
GMI Cloud's official MiniMax Week page dates the promotion to August 24
through September 6, 2026, says that M3 was free for fourteen days, and says
standard pricing applies afterward
(campaign terms). MiniMax's own model
page still lists M3 and its API access
(model documentation). The available
sources establish that the free OpenRouter route ended after the promotion;
they do not provide a more specific withdrawal notice. The entry therefore
keeps its active status and its feeds: binding, so it can reconnect if the
free row is listed again.
Facts
- price input
- not publishedlast known value, as of an unrecorded date — the source no longer lists this rowopenrouter-models, last checked 2026-09-14
- price output
- not publishedlast known value, as of an unrecorded date — the source no longer lists this rowopenrouter-models, last checked 2026-09-14
- context window
- not publishedlast known value, as of an unrecorded date — the source no longer lists this rowopenrouter-models, last checked 2026-09-14
- status
- not publishedlast known value, as of an unrecorded date — the source no longer lists this rowopenrouter-models, last checked 2026-09-14