{"slug": "minimax-m3-and-m2-7-are-free-on-ai-gateway", "title": "MiniMax M3 and M2.7 are free on AI Gateway", "summary": "Vercel's AI Gateway is offering MiniMax M3 and M2.7 models free through GMI Cloud until Sunday, September 6, using the -free model IDs (minimax/minimax-m3-free or minimax/minimax-m2.7-free). After the free period, these IDs will error, but users can keep the standard model IDs and set GMI Cloud as the preferred provider for fallback. The free models work across all AI Gateway APIs and can be used in coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, and Pi.", "body_md": "[MiniMax M3](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/minimax-m3-free) and [M2.7](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/minimax-m2.7-free) are free on AI Gateway via GMI Cloud through Sunday, September 6.\n\nUse the -free model IDs (`minimax/minimax-m3-free`\n\nor `minimax/minimax-m2.7-free`\n\n), which route to GMI Cloud. When the free period ends, the IDs will error:\n\nOr keep the model ID (`minimax/minimax-m3`\n\n) and put GMI Cloud as the preferred provider with order:\n\nThis will fall back to another provider when it cannot serve. Both options work across every AI Gateway API.\n\nTo use the MiniMax models in a [coding agent](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/coding-agents), see the coding agents guide, then run `vercel ai-gateway coding-agents setup`\n\nto connect agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, Pi, and more, and select `minimax/minimax-m3-free`\n\ninside the agent.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/minimax-m3-and-m2-7-are-free-on-ai-gateway", "canonical_source": "https://vercel.com/changelog/minimax-m3-and-m2-7-are-free-on-ai-gateway", "published_at": "2026-08-25 00:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-25 18:16:27.212133+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-infrastructure", "developer-tools", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Vercel", "AI Gateway", "MiniMax M3", "MiniMax M2.7", "GMI Cloud", "Claude Code", "Codex", "OpenCode"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/minimax-m3-and-m2-7-are-free-on-ai-gateway", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/minimax-m3-and-m2-7-are-free-on-ai-gateway.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/minimax-m3-and-m2-7-are-free-on-ai-gateway.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/minimax-m3-and-m2-7-are-free-on-ai-gateway.jsonld"}}