MiniMax Video Models Get a Half-Price Discount on Vercel AI Gateway

If you want to add AI-generated video to your projects, experimenting just got a lot cheaper. Vercel announced a temporary 50 percent price cut on MiniMax video models through its AI Gateway, giving builders a low-cost way to test video generation in their web apps.

The promotion covers both the higher-resolution H3 model and the faster H3 Max option. You can generate short video clips from text prompts or starting images, and the discount automatically applies to existing API calls without requiring any code updates.

For anyone building with tools like v0 or Next.js, video generation used to feel too expensive to experiment with freely. This price drop makes it practical to build prototypes, test out visual ideas, and learn how to manage background tasks in modern full-stack apps.