MiniMax H3 API: Pricing, Specs and Examples

MiniMax H3 API

MiniMax H3 is a text to video, image to video and reference to video model by MiniMax, available on the Venice API as minimax-h3-text-to-video. Requests are anonymized, so the provider never sees your identity.

MiniMax H3 API pricing

Model ID	Variant	Privacy	Price
`minimax-h3-text-to-video`	Text to video	Anonymized	from $0.10 / sec
`minimax-h3-image-to-video`	Image to video	Anonymized	from $0.10 / sec
`minimax-h3-reference-to-video`	Reference to video	Anonymized	from $0.10 / sec

Clip prices for minimax-h3-text-to-video with audio:

Duration	768p	2K
5s	$0.50	$0.81
6s	$0.60	$0.98
7s	$0.70	$1.14
8s	$0.80	$1.30
9s	$0.90	$1.46
10s	$1.00	$1.63
11s	$1.10	$1.79
12s	$1.20	$1.95
13s	$1.30	$2.11
14s	$1.40	$2.28
15s	$1.50	$2.44

MiniMax H3 specifications

Spec	Value
Provider	MiniMax
Released	Jul 30, 2026
Privacy	Anonymized
Status	Stable
Modes	text to video, image to video and reference to video
Resolutions	768p, 2K
Durations	5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s, 11s, 12s, 13s, 14s, 15s
Aspect ratios	16:9, 21:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16
Audio	Always generated

How to use the MiniMax H3 API

Send requests to POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/video/queue with "model": "minimax-h3-text-to-video" and your API key.

# 1. Queue the job (returns a queue_id)
curl https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/video/queue \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "minimax-h3-text-to-video",
    "prompt": "Slow aerial drone shot over a misty mountain valley at golden hour",
    "duration": "5s",
    "resolution": "768P",
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9"
  }'

# 2. Poll until the MP4 is ready
curl https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/video/retrieve \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "model": "minimax-h3-text-to-video", "queue_id": "<queue_id>" }' --output video.mp4

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