Model Pricing
Current list prices for the AI models behind Video Context MCP. All prices are in USD, reflect list prices as of August 2026, and are subject to change by each vendor — always confirm on the vendor pricing pages linked at the bottom of this page.
Video analysis models
Section titled “Video analysis models”Prices are per 1M tokens (input / output) unless noted.
| Provider | Model | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) | Free tier / notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini (default) | gemini-3.7-flash | Free | Free | Free tier, no credit card required. Paid tier: $0.75 input / $3.75 output (→ $1.50 / $7.50 in 2027). Cache $0.075/M. |
| MiniMax | MiniMax-M3 | $0.30 (≤512K) / $0.60 (>512K) | $1.20 / $2.40 | Permanent 50% off the standard rate. Cache hit $0.06/M (≤512K). Priority tier = 1.5× standard. |
| Kimi (Moonshot) | kimi-k3 | $0.60 | $3.00 | No free tier. |
| Alibaba Qwen | qwen3.7-plus | $0.50 | $3.00 | List price; non-thinking requests ≤256K start at $0.40 / $1.60. qwen3.7-flash is the lower-cost variant. |
| Xiaomi MiMo | mimo-v2.5 | $0.40 | $2.00 | Free first week (launch). |
| Z.AI GLM | glm-5.3-flash | $0.075 (promo) | $0.25 (promo) | Launch promo ends 2026-09-09, then $0.15 / $0.50. GLM_MODEL=glm-5v-turbo restores the previous model; glm-4.6v-flash keeps the legacy free tier. |
What does one analysis cost?
Section titled “What does one analysis cost?”Token usage varies with video length and extraction settings, but the project’s live tests give these rough per-call figures:
- Gemini (default) — $0 on the free tier.
- MiniMax-M3 — roughly $0.02–0.03 per
analyze_video/summarize_videocall (e.g. ~75K input + ~2.5K output ≈ $0.0255). Follow-up questions on the same video hit the prompt cache and cost ~5× less (≈ $0.005). - Qwen3.7 Plus — roughly $0.05 per call.
- GLM-5.3-Flash — the cheapest paid analysis provider at the launch promo (16× cheaper than GLM-5V-Turbo); still the last-resort fallback because its legacy free tier is aggressively rate-limited. Set
GLM_MODEL=glm-4.6v-flashfor the free tier.
Media generation (MiniMax)
Section titled “Media generation (MiniMax)”All media generation tools are Pro-only and billed to your MINIMAX_API_KEY balance. Top up at MiniMax Balance. Source: MiniMax Pay-as-You-Go pricing.
Video — generate_video
Section titled “Video — generate_video”MiniMax-H3 (V2 API, default) is billed per output second:
| Resolution | Price |
|---|---|
| 2K | $0.13 / second |
| 768P | $0.08 / second |
Examples: 5 s @ 2K = $0.65 · 5 s @ 768P = $0.40 · 10 s @ 2K = $1.30. Shorter clips are proportionally cheaper.
Input materials for H3: first 5 reference images free, then $0.04 each; reference video billed per input second at the output resolution rate; reference audio is free.
Related H3 endpoints (not yet exposed as tools): Regeneration (768P→2K) at $0.05/s of regenerated output; H3-Context-IR at $0.90/M input, $3.60/M output.
V1 models are billed per video and are cheaper for casual drafts:
| Model | Price |
|---|---|
MiniMax-Hailuo-2.3 | $0.28 (768P, 6 s) · $0.56 (768P, 10 s) · $0.49 (1080P, 6 s) |
MiniMax-Hailuo-2.3-Fast | $0.19 (768P, 6 s) · $0.32 (768P, 10 s) · $0.33 (1080P, 6 s) |
MiniMax-Hailuo-02 | $0.10 (512P, 6 s) · $0.15 (512P, 10 s) · $0.28 (768P, 6 s) · $0.56 (768P, 10 s) · $0.49 (1080P, 6 s) |
T2V-01 / T2V-01-Director | Billed per video — see the MiniMax pricing page for current rates |
Image — generate_image
Section titled “Image — generate_image”| Model | Price |
|---|---|
image-01 | $0.0035 per image |
Music — generate_music
Section titled “Music — generate_music”| Model | Price |
|---|---|
music-2.6 | $0.15 per track (up to 5 minutes) |
music-2.6-free | Free (rate-limited, RPM 3) |
| Lyrics generation | $0.01 per song (lyrics_optimizer) |
Text-to-speech — text_to_speech
Section titled “Text-to-speech — text_to_speech”Priced per character:
| Model | Price |
|---|---|
speech-2.8-turbo / speech-02-turbo | $60 per 1M characters |
speech-2.8-hd / speech-02-hd | $100 per 1M characters |
Related costs
Section titled “Related costs”- S3 Relay — AWS S3 storage ≈ $0.023/GB/month after the free tier (5 GB + 20K GETs/month for 12 months).
- Audio transcription — see Audio Providers (Deepgram $200 free credits, AssemblyAI $50, Groq & Gemini free tiers).
- Pro license — Pro Tier costs $10/year (launch promo) and unlocks all media generation tools.
Sources
Section titled “Sources”Prices are verified against the project’s source-of-truth repository and vendor pages. Always confirm current rates before relying on them: