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MiniMax H3 and H3 Max are 50% off on AI Gateway

MiniMax video models now 50% off on Vercel's AI Gateway through mid-September—H3 and H3 Max pricing drops for all durations and aspect ratios.

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Why it matters

A pricing/availability promotion on video generation models accessible via API. Practitioners building with video AI get a window to test or scale workloads at half cost; timing matters for budget planning.

The key facts

14 to know
  1. MiniMax H3 and H3 Max discounted 50% on Vercel AI Gateway

  2. Promotion runs August 30 – September 13, 2026

  3. H3: 2K video from text, image, frame pairs, or multimodal references

  4. H3 Max: optimized for speed at 480p/768p resolution

  5. Asynchronous generation via webhook and status polling supported

  6. Model IDs unchanged (minimax/minimax-h3, minimax/minimax-h3-max) — no code required

  7. All durations and aspect ratios covered by discount

  8. 50% discount on MiniMax H3 and H3 Max

  9. Valid August 30 – September 13, 2026

  10. Billed through Vercel AI Gateway

  11. No model ID changes; existing requests pick up discount automatically

  12. H3 supports 2K video generation from text, images, or video/audio references

  13. H3 Max optimized for speed at 480p and 768p resolutions

  14. Asynchronous generation via webhook and status polling available

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Publisher excerpt: and are 50% off on AI Gateway from August 30 through September 13, in partnership with MiniMax.MiniMax H3H3 Max The discount covers requests billed through AI Gateway, at every duration and in every aspect ratio the model supports. The model IDs ( and ) are unchanged, so requests you already send…
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