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MiniMax M3 and M2.7 are free on AI Gateway

MiniMax's frontier models now free on Vercel's AI Gateway through September 6—test-drive M3 and M2.7 across coding agents.

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Why it matters

Vercel is lowering the friction to experiment with MiniMax's capable models (M3, M2.7) by making them free on AI Gateway for a limited window. Practitioners building with coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) can now route through MiniMax at zero cost, reducing the cost barrier to model exploration.

The key facts

10 to know
  1. MiniMax M3 and M2.7 free via GMI Cloud on AI Gateway

  2. Free period: through Sunday, September 6, 2026

  3. Works across all AI Gateway APIs with model IDs minimax/minimax-m3-free and minimax/minimax-m2.7-free

  4. Integration with coding agents: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, Pi

  5. After free period, IDs will error unless fallback provider configured

  6. MiniMax M3 and M2.7 free on Vercel AI Gateway

  7. Access via GMI Cloud provider

  8. Model IDs: minimax/minimax-m3-free, minimax/minimax-m2.7-free

  9. Works with coding agents: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, Pi

  10. Fallback routing available; same API across all AI Gateway endpoints

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Publisher excerpt: and are free on AI Gateway via GMI Cloud through Sunday, September 6.MiniMax M3M2.7 Use the -free model IDs ( or ), which route to GMI Cloud. When the free period ends, the IDs will error:minimax/minimax-m3-freeminimax/minimax-m2.7-free Or keep the model ID () and put GMI Cloud as the preferred…
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