# MiniMax

## Kurzbeschreibung
**"co-create intelligence with everyone"**


MiniMax is a multimodal foundation model provider with models for text, coding, agents, speech, video, music, image, and multimodal applications. Its products include MiniMax Agent, Hailuo AI, MiniMax Audio, Talkie, and an Open Platform for developers and enterprises.

## Claim
LLM “co-create intelligence with everyone”

## Geeignet für
- API Integration
- Audio / Voice
- Automation / Workflows
- Images
- Design / Graphics
- Customer Service & Chatbots
- Programming / Software Development
- Social Media
- Texts / Content
- Video

## Kernfunktionen
- Agents
- Image
- Coding
- LLM API
- Local Deployment
- M2.7
- MiniMax
- Multimodal
- Music
- Open Weights
- SGLang
- Speech
- Token Plan
- Video
- vLLM

## Preismodell
- **subscription:** **Token Plan – Starter** Subscription access for developers with access to MiniMax models via Token Plan API key; text models with a 5-hour rolling window, plan-dependent limited multimodal quotas.


**Token Plan – Plus** Expanded Token Plan with a higher M2.7 quota and additional daily multimodal quotas for Speech, Image, and other models.


**Token Plan – Max** Higher standard Token Plan with a larger request quota and expanded daily quotas for multimodal models.


**Plus-Highspeed / Max-Highspeed / Ultra-Highspeed** High-speed Token Plans with access to faster M2.7/M2.5 Highspeed models and expanded quotas for coding-related workflows.
- **other:** **Pay-as-you-go API** Standard Open Platform API key for usage-based billing according to actual consumption; supports text, video, speech, image, and additional modalities.


**Audio Subscription / Video Packages** Separate packages for speech and video generation with product-specific quotas and billing logic.


**Local / Private Deployment** Open M2 model weights can be run locally or privately via Hugging Face and frameworks such as SGLang, vLLM, Transformers, ModelScope, or NVIDIA NIM.

## DSGVO und Datenschutz
**Gesamteinschätzung:** Conditional

**Overall assessment: **

Multimodal API/SaaS platform plus an open-weights/local deployment path for M2 models. Via the Open Platform API, MiniMax provides access to text, speech, video, image, and music models; according to the API documentation, pay-as-you-go supports all modalities, while the Token Plan offers separate subscription access with its own API keys. Hosting model: SaaS/API for the MiniMax Open Platform, agent/web products, as well as local/private deployments for openly released M2 models via Hugging Face, vLLM, SGLang, Transformers, ModelScope, or NVIDIA NIM. Data processing: For the API/Open Platform, the reviewed public sources do not provide reliable details on training on customer data, retention, or subprocessors. For Agent/Web, MiniMax describes the collection of account, usage, device, IP, cookie, and communication data, as well as disclosure to affiliates, service providers, and authorities when legally necessary; however, this policy is not automatically fully transferable to the API. Deletion/retention: For Agent/Web, deletion and retention rights are described; for API retention, no reliable information is available. 


**Conclusion:** 

Technically very strong, especially for coding, agents, and multimodal applications; from a data protection perspective, a self-controlled deployment of the open models is preferable, while API use must be contractually reviewed in advance. Sources: MiniMax API Overview, Pricing Overview, Token Plan FAQ, Privacy Overview, and MiniMax M2.7 deployment notes.



[Privacy Policy](https://www.minimax.io/privacy-policy-v2.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

**Overall assessment:** Unclear to conditionally GDPR-suitable. MiniMax provides several services, including Open Platform/API, Agent, Audio, and Video; the official central privacy overview refers to product-specific privacy policies, including a separate Platform Privacy Policy for Enterprise API services. 


**Positive **is that MiniMax provides a Privacy Policy for Agent/Web with data subject rights, deletion, correction, data portability, and opt-out rights for certain U.S. states, as well as additional information for Singapore residents. 


**Negative **is that no verified information was found in the reviewed publicly accessible sources regarding an EU DPA/AVV, SCCs, EU hosting, complete subprocessors, or a clear no-training commitment for API customer data. 


**Server location: **No verified server locations were found for the API/Open Platform in the reviewed sources; the Agent/Web Privacy Policy mentions Nanonoble Pte. Ltd. and additional information for Singapore, but this cannot automatically be applied to all API use cases. For GDPR-critical use, MiniMax API should only be used after direct clarification from the provider regarding AVV/DPA, data residency, training on customer data, subprocessors, retention, and deletion; alternatively, openly available M2 models can be evaluated locally or in a private cloud environment. Sources: MiniMax Privacy Overview, Agent/Web Privacy Policy, API Pricing/Docs, and official model/deployment notes.


[Privacy Policy](https://www.minimax.io/privacy-policy-v2.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

## Hosting und Daten
- **On-Prem / lokales Hosting:** abgedeckt
- **Private Cloud / Rechenzentrum:** teilweise / indirekt
- **EU SaaS / Managed:** unknown
- **Hybrid:** abgedeckt
- **AVV / DPA:** unknown
- **Kein Training auf Kundendaten:** unknown
- **Open-Source / Transparenz-Pfad:** abgedeckt

## Herkunft
**Land:** China

**Taxonomie:** China

Xuhui District in Shanghai.

## Vorteile
- Very broad multimodal portfolio.
- Strong text/coding/agent models.
- Audio, video, and music models from a single platform.
- Open-weight models and local deployment paths for multiple models.

## Nachteile
- GDPR documentation is only publicly assessable to a limited extent.
- No publicly verified EU-only operation.
- No publicly verified DPA/AVV in the sources reviewed.
- Multimodal data such as voice, image, and video increase data protection risks.

## Quellen
- Offizielle Website: https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/api-overview

## Letzter Datenstand
2026-05-06

## Originalseite
https://kifox.ai/en/ki-tools/minimax-en/