MiniMax H3 Price per Clip: What 6 and 10 Seconds Cost on Every Platform (October 2026)
As of October 2026, MiniMax H3 (Hailuo 3) costs $0.05, $0.08 or $0.13 per second at 480P, 768P or 2K on MiniMax's API, so 6 seconds is $0.30, $0.48 or $0.78; fal.ai's H3 Max Turbo lists $0.04/s at 768P. On Kensa, with no API key, it is 1.5, 2.5 or 4 credits per second: 9, 15 or 24 credits for 6 seconds and 15, 25 or 40 for 10 (6 s at 768P is about $0.42–$0.53 on monthly plans).
Prices checked on October 4, 2026; Kensa figures come from Kensa's billing configuration. Kensa publishes this page and sells access to MiniMax H3; we list other options even where they are cheaper or more generous.
MiniMax H3 (Hailuo 3) is MiniMax's AI video model with built-in audio, launched on July 31, 2026. MiniMax's API, fal.ai, Replicate and Kensa all bill it per second of video, so the price of a clip is the per-second rate times its length.
What you pay depends on the tier and on how you reach the model. On Kensa, 480P and 768P run on H3-Max, the faster H3 variant MiniMax released with fal.ai, and 2K runs on the full H3 model. You can reach H3 through MiniMax's API, a developer playground (fal.ai, Replicate), MiniMax's own Hailuo AI app or a multi-model web app such as Kensa. The tables below put list prices checked on October 4, 2026 next to Kensa's credits.
MiniMax H3 price on every platform
MiniMax's API, Replicate and fal.ai's H3 Max all list $0.08 per second at 768P; fal's own Turbo variant lists half that, and Kensa comes out at about the same price per clip as the API, without an API key.
| Platform | List price (as of October 2026) | Free option | How you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensa | 1.5 / 2.5 / 4 credits/s (480P / 768P / 2K); 6s 768P = 15 credits (≈ $0.42–$0.53 on monthly plans, $0.80 on the Starter pack) | 15 free credits with Google sign-up, valid 72 hours: one 6s 768P clip | Browser, no API key; 480P–2K (2K on paid plans) |
| MiniMax API (international) | $0.05/s 480P (H3-Max), $0.08/s 768P, $0.13/s 2K · 6s 768P = $0.48 | None published | API key + code |
| MiniMax API (China) | ¥0.33/s 480P (H3-Max), ¥0.50/s 768P, ¥0.80/s 2K · 6s 768P = ¥3.00 | None published | China platform account + code |
| fal.ai | H3 Max $0.05/s 480p, $0.08/s 768p; H3 Max Turbo (fal-only) $0.025/s 480p, $0.04/s 768p | 5 free H3 Max generations a day (signed in, no card) | Playground + API; up to 768p |
| Replicate | $0.08/s 768P, $0.13/s 2K | Not published | API + web form |
| Hailuo AI (MiniMax's app) | Subscription; price per second depends on the plan | Not verified | Web and mobile app |
| Open weights (H3-Base) | Free software; you pay for the GPU | Free (768p only; the license excludes the US, EU, UK and South Korea) | Self-hosted (ComfyUI, diffusers) |
Sources
- MiniMax pay-as-you-go pricing (international) · checked
- MiniMax pay-as-you-go pricing (China) · checked
- fal.ai: MiniMax H3 Max (list prices and daily free runs) · checked
- Replicate: minimax/h3 · checked
- Hailuo AI subscription plans · checked
- Hugging Face: MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3 (open weights and license) · checked
What a MiniMax H3 clip costs
For the clips below, Kensa's monthly plans land within about 15% of MiniMax's API list price: above it on Basic, a little below on Pro and further below on Ultimate.
| Clip | Kensa credits | USD per clip: Kensa monthly plans vs MiniMax API |
|---|---|---|
| 6s 480P | 9 credits | Basic $0.32 · Pro $0.28 · Ultimate $0.25 · MiniMax API $0.30 |
| 6s 768P | 15 credits | Basic $0.53 · Pro $0.47 · Ultimate $0.42 · MiniMax API $0.48 · equals the 15 free credits for Google sign-ups |
| 6s 2K (paid plans) | 24 credits | Basic $0.85 · Pro $0.75 · Ultimate $0.67 · MiniMax API $0.78 |
| 10s 480P | 15 credits | Basic $0.53 · Pro $0.47 · Ultimate $0.42 · MiniMax API $0.50 · equals the 15 free credits for Google sign-ups |
| 10s 768P | 25 credits | Basic $0.88 · Pro $0.78 · Ultimate $0.70 · MiniMax API $0.80 |
| 10s 2K (paid plans) | 40 credits | Basic $1.41 · Pro $1.25 · Ultimate $1.12 · MiniMax API $1.30 |
| 15s 768P | 38 credits | Basic $1.34 · Pro $1.18 · Ultimate $1.07 · MiniMax API $1.20 |
How MiniMax H3 pricing works
Kensa bills MiniMax H3 per second and rounds each clip up to a whole credit: 1.5 credits per second at 480P, 2.5 at 768P and 4 at 2K, so a 5-second 480P clip is 8 credits (1.5 × 5, rounded up). Audio is always on and included; there is no toggle and no surcharge. 2K needs a paid plan (from $9.90 a month); 480P and 768P work on any account. Credits are shared with Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.0, Seedance 1.5 Pro and Grok Image Video, and come back automatically if a generation fails.
What you get on Kensa
What Kensa adds is convenience, not a discount: no API key, a price shown per clip and one balance for several models.
When Kensa isn't the best fit
Pick another route if you write code, need many free clips or want MiniMax's full set of inputs.
- If you can write code, fal.ai's H3 Max Turbo ($0.04 per second at 768P, a fal-only variant) is the lowest list price we found.
- fal.ai's 5 free H3 Max generations a day beat Kensa's single free clip.
- Hailuo AI, MiniMax's own app, sells H3 on subscriptions that can work out cheaper per second than Kensa, especially at 2K and on yearly billing.
- Kensa offers 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1 only, and one first-frame image: no last frame, no reference images and no video input, all of which MiniMax's own API supports.
- One-time packs cost more per clip: on the Starter pack a 6-second 768P clip works out at $0.80, against $0.48 on MiniMax's API.
- Only Google sign-ups get the 15 free credits (email sign-ups get none).
Try MiniMax H3 on Kensa
Sign up with Google for 15 free credits: exactly one 6-second 768P clip with audio, no card needed. Paid plans from $9.90 a month add 2K.