KAT-Coder-Pro V2 vs MiniMax M2.1

KAT-Coder-Pro V2 at $0.345 in and $1.38 out and MiniMax M2.1 at $0.345 in and $1.38 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

KAT-Coder-Pro V2

Kwaipilot

0.28¢

for a client proposal

$0.345 in · $1.38 out / 1M

256K context · released 4 months ago

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MiniMax M2.1

MiniMax

0.28¢

for a client proposal

$0.345 in · $1.38 out / 1M

205K context · released December 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.57¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

All 2 cost the same on input.
Largest context: KAT-Coder-Pro V2 at 256K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

KAT-Coder-Pro V2

0.14¢

MiniMax M2.1

0.14¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

KAT-Coder-Pro V2

0.28¢

MiniMax M2.1

0.28¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

KAT-Coder-Pro V2

$0.06

MiniMax M2.1

$0.06

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

KAT-Coder-Pro V2

1.3¢

MiniMax M2.1

1.3¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

KAT-Coder-Pro V2

$0.09

MiniMax M2.1

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

KAT-Coder-Pro V2

MiniMax M2.1

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

KAT-Coder-Pro V2

MiniMax M2.1

Input / 1M tokens

$0.345

Output / 1M tokens

$1.38

Cached input / 1M

$0.069

$0.035

Specs

KAT-Coder-Pro V2

MiniMax M2.1

Provider

Kwaipilot

MiniMax

Released

4 months ago

December 2025

Context window

256K

205K

Max output

80K

131K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

KAT-Coder-Pro V2

Kwaipilot

0.14¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

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MiniMax M2.1

MiniMax

0.14¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.28¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 1,811 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, KAT-Coder-Pro V2 has the largest context window here — 256K tokens.

On price they are identical: about 0.28¢ for a typical task each.

If you want to watch the model think, MiniMax M2.1 shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

KAT-Coder-Pro V2 pricing →MiniMax M2.1 pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, KAT-Coder-Pro V2 or MiniMax M2.1?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out) they cost the same — about 0.28¢ each. Compare them on context and capabilities instead.

Which has the largest context window?

KAT-Coder-Pro V2 — 256K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run KAT-Coder-Pro V2 and MiniMax M2.1 side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.57¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.57¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.