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MiniMax AI slashes costs with new token plan, undercutting Claude Code Max

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MiniMax AI has launched a new pricing plan, "Token Plan Plus," which significantly reduces costs for users by offering 1.7 billion tokens per month for $20. This plan is positioned as a more affordable alternative to Anthropic's Claude Code Max, with MiniMax's new M3 model reportedly achieving 79% of Sonnet 5's performance at a fraction of the cost. AI

IMPACT This pricing change could pressure competitors and potentially lower costs for developers using AI models.

RANK_REASON This is a pricing announcement and a new plan for an existing AI service, not a new model release or frontier research.

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MiniMax AI slashes costs with new token plan, undercutting Claude Code Max

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  1. X — MiniMax AI TIER_1 Português(PT) · MiniMax_AI ·

    RT @kilocode: $200 to $20.

    RT @kilocode: $200 to $20. That's how your AI costs will change if you switch from Claude Code Max to the @MiniMax_AI Token Plan Plus in K…

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