LongCat 2.0 vs MiniMax M2-her

LongCat 2.0 at $0.345 in and $1.38 out and MiniMax M2-her at $0.345 in and $1.38 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

LongCat 2.0

Meituan

0.28¢

for a client proposal

$0.345 in · $1.38 out / 1M

1.05M context · released 3 weeks ago

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MiniMax M2-her

MiniMax

0.28¢

for a client proposal

$0.345 in · $1.38 out / 1M

66K context · released 7 months ago

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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: LongCat 2.0 at 1.05M tokens — about 1,500 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

LongCat 2.0

0.14¢

MiniMax M2-her

0.14¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

LongCat 2.0

0.28¢

MiniMax M2-her

0.28¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

LongCat 2.0

$0.06

MiniMax M2-her

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

LongCat 2.0

1.3¢

MiniMax M2-her

1.3¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

LongCat 2.0

$0.09

MiniMax M2-her

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

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80% Input20% Output

LongCat 2.0

MiniMax M2-her

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

Pricing

LongCat 2.0

MiniMax M2-her

Input / 1M tokens

$0.345

Output / 1M tokens

$1.38

Cached input / 1M

$0.0069

$0.035

Specs

LongCat 2.0

MiniMax M2-her

Provider

Meituan

MiniMax

Released

3 weeks ago

7 months ago

Context window

1.05M

66K

Max output

262K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

LongCat 2.0

Meituan

0.14¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

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MiniMax M2-her

MiniMax

0.14¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

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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, LongCat 2.0 has the largest context window here — 1.05M tokens.

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

If you want to watch the model think, LongCat 2.0 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 →

LongCat 2.0 pricing →MiniMax M2-her pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, LongCat 2.0 or MiniMax M2-her?

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?

LongCat 2.0 — 1.05M tokens, about 1,500 pages.

Can I run LongCat 2.0 and MiniMax M2-her 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.