# MiniMax Image-01

> MiniMax Image-01 is a text-to-image model billed at a flat rate per image: $0.0007 through RouteMux against MiniMax's $0.0035.

Canonical: https://routemux.com/minimax/image-01
Provider: MiniMax

## Key facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Model ID | minimax/image-01 |
| Official model ID | image-01 |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | image |
| Availability | available |

## Pricing

- RouteMux: $0.0007 per generation
- Official: $0.0035 per generation
- Saving vs official: 80%

Billing is prepaid wallet, charged per successful request only.

## API access

Base URL: https://api.routemux.com

Supported protocols:

- openai_images

## What is MiniMax Image-01

MiniMax Image-01 is a text-to-image model billed at a flat rate per image: $0.0007 through RouteMux against MiniMax's $0.0035.

Flat per-image billing is the thing that distinguishes it from token-billed image models like GPT Image 2. Cost per picture does not move with prompt length or resolution, which makes budgeting for a high-volume pipeline arithmetic rather than estimation.

It answers on the OpenAI Images protocol, so `/v1/images/generations` works as it would against OpenAI. Input is text only — it generates rather than edits.

## Key capabilities

- **Flat per-image price** — $0.0007 per image regardless of prompt length — budgeting is arithmetic, not estimation.
- **OpenAI Images native** — `/v1/images/generations` works as it would against OpenAI.
- **Text to image** — Input is text only; this model generates rather than edits.
- **Built for volume** — At this rate a high-volume pipeline is priced in cents per thousand images.

## Sources

- [MiniMax — API docs](https://platform.minimaxi.com/document)

_Content reviewed by Jerry Fan on 2026-08-09._