What is MiniMax H3 Max?

MiniMax H3 Max in one working definition

People type what is MiniMax H3 Max when they have seen a leaderboard row, a fal model card, or a Hailuo headline and need a straight answer. MiniMax H3 Max is not a consumer app by itself. It is a hosted video model: you send a prompt and official fields, and you get back a short MP4 with picture and stereo sound. The Max label marks the fast 480P / 768P variant. Base MiniMax H3 is a different, slower stack aimed at 2K and local weights. This studio only runs Max.

H3 Max Studio is the workspace on this domain. We are not MiniMax, not Hailuo, and not fal. Jobs call fal MiniMax H3 Max. Credits are reserved before the job starts and returned if fal fails the generation. That split matters for searchers who land here expecting an official MiniMax product page.

Who trained it, who hosts it, who you pay

MiniMax trained the H3 family. fal hosts the Max variant and exposes the HTTP API this site calls. You pay H3 Max Studio in platform credits. Checkout is USD through Waffo Pancake. We do not sell fal’s raw per-second API menu, and we do not sell MiniMax’s own playground quota.

That three-party chain is why a clip can succeed on fal and still fail to show in your history if a webhook is delayed, and why a failed job refunds credits instead of emailing MiniMax support. When something breaks, the ledger on this site is the source of truth for what you were charged.

What a MiniMax H3 Max clip actually is

A completed job is a 5 to 15 second video at 24 frames per second. Resolution is 480P or 768P. Audio is generated in the same pass as the frames, so dialogue, foley, and a short bed can sit on one timeline. There is no separate “add voice later” toggle in the official inputs we expose.

Duration is the unit you buy. Five seconds is one short action. Fifteen seconds can hold three beats if you write them. The model does not invent a two-minute scene from a 5-second request. If you need a longer piece, you generate several clips and cut them. That is ordinary finishing, not a hidden Max feature.

The three official modes

Text, a still, and a reference pile — the three official MiniMax H3 Max modes on this studio.

Text to video is the empty-frame mode. You write subject, camera, light, and sound. You also pick an official aspect ratio: 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, or 9:16. Adaptive is not a text-to-video option.

Image to video starts from a still. The first image is the opening frame. An optional last image is the end keyframe. Aspect follows the still, so the ratio dropdown is hidden. Without a first image, fal treats the job as text to video.

Reference to video accepts images, video clips, and audio. Audio cannot be the only file. You can send up to 12 files. Extra images after the first four cost 10 credits each. Each reference video costs 45 credits. Adaptive aspect is available here, plus the same six ratios as text to video.

Those three modes are the whole product surface. There is no fourth “edit an existing film” mode on this studio, and we do not run base H3’s local 2K path.

Speed, boards, and what those numbers mean

fal reports GPU denoising for a 5-second 768p job in under 3 seconds. That is compute time on their stack, not the time from your click to a downloadable file. Queue, upload, and webhook delivery still vary. A quiet afternoon can feel instant. A busy one can sit in queued long enough that you should not plan a live demo on a single job.

Public boards list the hosted fast variant under more than one name. Artificial Analysis has shown MiniMax H3 Turbo (768p) near Elo 1,201 on an image-to-video plus audio board, about 2,177 samples, as of late August 2026. Design Arena has shown MiniMax H3 Max near Elo 1,341, ahead of base H3 at 1,333. Rankings move. We cite them so you can check the sources, not so we can claim a permanent first place.

What you pay on this studio

Five credits per second — the only studio rate, at 480P or 768P.

The rate is one number: 5 platform credits per second of video. A 5-second clip is 25 credits. A 10-second clip is 50. A 15-second clip is 75. 480P and 768P cost the same here. That is a studio choice, not fal’s list price.

Extra images after four add 10 credits each. Each reference video adds 45. Failed generations refund the reserved amount to the same bucket it came from. Subscription credits refresh and do not roll over. Credit pack balances never expire.

This is not fal’s launch $0.04/s promo, and it is not a daily free quota. If you want a free trial, look at fal’s own playground. Here you buy credits.

What MiniMax H3 Max is not

It is not Hailuo. Hailuo is MiniMax’s consumer brand. Sharing a parent company is not the same as sharing this URL.

It is not base MiniMax H3. If you need open weights or a 2K-oriented local workflow, you are looking at a different model. We do not host it.

It is not a stock-footage library. Every clip is generated for that prompt. Results vary. Review motion and audio before you publish.

It is not a license to MiniMax’s or fal’s trademarks. Paid plans here include commercial use of your outputs, subject to the Terms and Acceptable Use Policy, provided you have rights to every reference you upload.

How to run a job on H3 Max Studio

Sign in with Google. Open the studio on the home page or in the workspace. Pick Text, Image, or Reference. Write the prompt. Set duration, resolution, expansion, and — for text to video — aspect. Reserve credits and generate. Clips on this site start muted so the browser will allow autoplay; turn sound on before you judge the mix. Download the MP4 when you are done.

A 5-second 768p draft is the cheapest way to learn whether the camera and the line of dialogue are working. Spend a 15-second take after that, not before.

FAQ

Is MiniMax H3 Max the same as MiniMax H3?

No. H3 Max is the fast hosted 480P/768P variant. Base H3 is the open, slower model aimed at 2K and local setups. This studio only runs H3 Max.

Does MiniMax H3 Max include audio?

Yes. Stereo audio is predicted with the frames. Prompt the spoken line, room tone, and score in the same field.

Who operates minimaxh3-max.org?

H3 Max Studio, an independent workspace. We are not MiniMax, Hailuo, or fal. Jobs call fal MiniMax H3 Max and cost 5 credits per second.

Is there a free MiniMax H3 Max quota here?

Not on this studio. Buy credits. Failed jobs refund the reserved amount.