Minimax looks very cheap for heavy Hermes Agent use
Firsthand use of the Minimax plan on reached about 1.82 billion tokens in 15 days on a 20 dollar , without hitting a major cap. The only reported limit was a limit, and it reset after about 4 minutes of waiting.
Cost checks against DeepSeek, , and other model options did not come close to the same price for that amount of use. The Mimo plan reached its limit within 3 days under similar heavy use.
The model used was M3, not M2.7, and the experience was that it worked quickly, gave strong answers, and stayed dependable. The practical question is whether any other option can offer nearly 2 billion tokens for about 20 dollars with M3-level quality.
Key points
- The 20 dollar Minimax plan handled about 1.82 billion tokens in 15 days.
- A limit appeared once and reset after about 4 minutes.
- DeepSeek, , and other model options looked more expensive for the same volume.
- The Mimo plan hit its limit within 3 days under similar use.
- The comparison was based on M3, not M2.7.