Compare cost, what each option includes, setup, availability, and fit. Unknown facts remain unknown. Checked 2026-09-21.
Differences that matter
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Token cost at moderate daily use. A dash means an exact offering price is not observed; it never means $0.
Specifications
Swipe sideways to compare every specification and source receipt.
| Claude Opus 4.8 vendor · 31d | MiniMax M3 vendor · 31d | |
|---|---|---|
| API format | Anthropic morphllm pricing table · 2026-06-28 | OpenAI morphllm pricing table · 2026-06-28 |
| Capabilities | Vision, Tools, Thinking provider docs · 2026-07-03 | Vision, Tools, Thinking Ollama MiniMax M3 registry tags · 2026-07-28 |
| Context window | 1000000 Anthropic official context-window documentation · 2026-08-22 | 1000000 MiniMax official M3 model page · 2026-08-22 |
| Execution Paths | api morphllm pricing table · 2026-06-28 | api morphllm pricing table · 2026-06-28 |
| Maximum output | 128,000 tokens Anthropic official Claude Platform release notes · 2026-08-22 | — |
| Restricted access | No morphllm pricing table · 2026-06-28 | No morphllm pricing table · 2026-06-28 |
| Class | — | — |
Cost at three usage tiers
| A few questions and small tasks each day. | $52.50/mo | $2.88/mo |
| Daily use, plus some scheduled tasks. | $175.00/mo | $9.60/mo |
| Working for you most of the day, including web tasks. | $525.00/mo | $28.80/mo |
Token cost only; add a host for the full-stack estimate. A model download's cost remains unknown until its hardware and energy are selected.
What others don't publish
Claude Opus 4.8
No unique caveat on file.
MiniMax M3
No unique caveat on file.