specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Hailuo AI / MiniMax
providerId: hailuo-ai
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Video Generation
- AI Video
- Generative AI
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Hailuo AI / MiniMax spend. On the developer platform, cost is
  consumption-based across distinct meters: video generation is metered in video
  points per clip (driven by model, resolution, and duration), LLM chat is metered
  per token, and text-to-speech is metered per character. Consumer Hailuo AI plans
  are flat monthly subscriptions that grant a credit pool. The dominant and most
  variable line item for API teams is video generation, where per-clip cost scales
  sharply with resolution (512P to 1080P) and duration (6s to 10s). Failed or
  security-blocked generations are not billed.
notes: >-
  Per-unit video-point and per-token rates change; verify on
  platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing-video. Optimize by matching model tier
  (e.g. MiniMax-Hailuo-02 or the Fast variant) and resolution/duration to the
  actual delivery need, and by using prompt_optimizer to reduce wasted retries.
sources:
- https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing-video
- https://www.minimax.io/
- https://hailuoai.video/subscribe
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: MiniMax
serviceCategory: AI and Machine Learning
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: MiniMax Video Generation
  ServiceCategory: AI and Machine Learning
  ProviderName: MiniMax
  PublisherName: MiniMax
  InvoiceIssuerName: MiniMax
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
meters:
- name: video_points
  description: Video points consumed per generated clip; scales with model, resolution, and duration.
  unit: points
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - model
  - resolution
  - duration
- name: llm_tokens
  description: Tokens consumed by chat completions, billed per million.
  unit: tokens
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - model
- name: tts_characters
  description: Characters synthesized by the text-to-speech API, billed per character.
  unit: characters
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - model
- name: subscription_credits
  description: Consumer Hailuo AI monthly credit pool drawn down per video/image generation.
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track video points per model/resolution/duration and token/character throughput per API so the video line item is not conflated with text/audio.
- name: Allocation
  description: Tag API keys per workload/team so video-point and token spend maps to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Right-size model tier and resolution/duration to the delivery need; use the Fast/02 variants for drafts and reserve 1080P for finals; use prompt_optimizer to cut failed retries (failures are not billed).
- name: Accountability
  description: Review monthly video-point burn against forecast; watch for high-resolution long-duration clips that dominate cost.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com