# MiniMax Coding Plan

8 Hacker News commenters recommended MiniMax Coding Plan and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Cheap monthly subscription giving large token allowances for AI coding, with models people say are close to OpenAI's and Anthropic's. Critics report server overloads and API errors.

## Why people recommend it

- Low price for heavy usage (8 comments): "Coding Plans by MiniMax ($20/mo for 1.7b tokens) and Z.ai (~$30/week use for $17/mo) are also tremendous value for money." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48937822)) "MiniMax $20/mo coding plan allows 1.7b tokens; depending on input/output/cache ratio, it is worth $200 to $500+" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49001259)) "almost unlimited MiniMax coding plan for a price you'd pay for 15 days of limited Claude usage" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47071942))
- Better value than Claude subscriptions (2 comments): "almost unlimited MiniMax coding plan for a price you'd pay for 15 days of limited Claude usage" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47071942)) "Minimax coding plan is $10 a month for roughly 3x the $20 Claude Pro CLI usage allowed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47855302))
- Performance close to top models (2 comments): "their models are not far from OpenAI's and Anthropic's." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47652144)) "very happy with the performance" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46993385))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Z.ai GLM Coding Subscription](https://hackerapproved.com/p/z-ai.md): 68 recommend
- [Cerebras Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cerebras-code.md): 28 recommend
- [Alibaba Coding Plan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/alibaba-coding-plan.md): 6 recommend
- [Kimi coding plan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kimi-coding-plan.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.minimax.io/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "MiniMax Coding Plan", https://hackerapproved.com/p/minimax-coding-plan/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).