MiniMax lists 14 models and Particle Ai 1. Particle Ai is cheaper on a typical model ($0.44 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| MiniMax | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 14 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 14 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.52 | $0.44 |
| Cheapest paid model | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash ($0.26) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Longest context | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (1.0M) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (1.0M) |
| Free models | 4 | 0 |
| Newest model | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (2026-10-19) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (2026-10-28) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 27 | 0 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | MiniMax | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $23.25 with MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash | $38.75 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $24.00 with MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash | $40.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $25.20 with MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash | $42.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $15.60 with MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash | $26.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $8.10 with MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash | $13.50 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| You need | MiniMax | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash ($0.26) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With tool calling | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash ($0.26) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With image input | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash ($0.26) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With reasoning mode | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash ($0.26) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 128K+ context | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash ($0.26) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 1M+ context | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash ($0.26) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Model type | MiniMax | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 5 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 1 | 1 |
| text->text | 8 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | MiniMax | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 4 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 3 | 1 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 7 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Particle Ai is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.44 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.52 for MiniMax. The cheapest paid models are MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash at $0.26 and Particle AI: Particle-1 at $0.44.
It depends on the job: MiniMax offers the broader line-up (14 models vs 1), Particle Ai the lower typical price. The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
MiniMax: MiniMax lists 14 models and Particle Ai lists 1.
It is a tie: MiniMax's longest is MiniMax: MiniMax M3 at 1.0M tokens; Particle Ai's is Particle AI: Particle-1 at 1.0M.
MiniMax: 4 free models (e.g. MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free)). Particle Ai: none.
MiniMax: 6 of 14 models accept images. Particle Ai: 1 of 1.