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Ministral 3B API

Other

87% cheaper than OpenRouter

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About Ministral 3B

Ministral 3B is a large language model developed by Other. It's particularly well-suited for analyzing images, screenshots, and visual content, orchestrating tool-using agents that call APIs and external services, producing structured outputs for reliable data extraction, and handling large contexts of up to 128K tokens. Its 128K-token context window means you can pass in entire documents, codebases, or conversation histories without losing context. Developers choose Ministral 3B when they need reliable, production-quality AI inference through a simple API — and on Qubax, it's available at a fraction of the cost of traditional providers.

In the broader AI landscape, Ministral 3B sits among the frontier-tier offerings from Other With multimodal vision and agentic tool use, it competes with the most frontier-tier models on the market. What sets it apart on Qubax isn't just the model itself — it's the accessibility. Rather than dealing with enterprise contracts or traditional payment rails, you get instant access via an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. That means you can drop Ministral 3B into Cursor, Cline, LangChain, or any framework that speaks the OpenAI protocol and start building immediately.

Qubax offers Ministral 3B at 87% below OpenRouter's price — just $0.013 per million input tokens and $0.013 per million output tokens. That pricing advantage compounds quickly at scale: a high-volume application sending millions of tokens per day can save significantly compared to using OpenRouter or the provider directly. And because Qubax runs on crypto-native infrastructure, you can pay with USDC, USDT, ETH, BTC, or 200+ other cryptocurrencies — no credit card or bank account required.

Pricing

Token TypeQubaxOpenRouterYou Save
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.013$0.10087%
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.013$0.10087%

Prices per 1 million tokens. Pay with 200+ cryptocurrencies.

Estimated Monthly Cost

AI Chatbot
$1.01/mo
$7.50 on OpenRouter
Coding Copilot
$2.03/mo
$15.00 on OpenRouter
AI Agent
$2.23/mo
$16.50 on OpenRouter

Specifications

Context Window
128K
Max Output
8K
Provider
Other
Modality
MULTIMODAL

Use Cases

Visual Analysis
Analyze images, screenshots, diagrams, and visual content
Function Calling
Build agents and tool-using applications
Long Documents
Process entire codebases, books, or lengthy conversations
Chat & Conversation
Build AI chatbots and conversational assistants
Content Generation
Write articles, code, emails, and more

Capabilities

Vision Tool Use Streaming Structured Output json Schema Seed Control

Quick Start

Python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.qubax.ai/v1",
    api_key="qbx_live_YOUR_API_KEY",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="ministral-3-3b-instruct",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ],
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)
JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.qubax.ai/v1",
  apiKey: "qbx_live_YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "ministral-3-3b-instruct",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);
cURL
curl https://api.qubax.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer qbx_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "ministral-3-3b-instruct",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Get your API key from the dashboard.

Why use Ministral 3B on Qubax?

87% Cheaper

Up to 87% off OpenRouter prices

Pay with Crypto

200+ coins (BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, USDC & more). No credit card needed.

OpenAI Compatible

Drop-in replacement. Works with Cline, Cursor, any tool.

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More from Other

Compare Ministral 3B with alternatives

ModelProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1Mvs Ministral 3B
Ministral 3BOther$0.013$0.013
GPT OSS Safeguard 120BOpenAI$0.020$0.081More expensive
OpenAI GPT OSS 120BOpenAI$0.0095$0.041 Cheaper
Qwen 3 Next 80bAlibaba$0.013$0.148Same price
GLM 4.5Zhipu AI$0.027$0.099More expensive

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does the Ministral 3B API cost?

On Qubax, Ministral 3B costs $0.013 per 1M input tokens and $0.013 per 1M output tokens. This is 87% cheaper than OpenRouter's price of $0.100 per 1M input tokens.

Is the Ministral 3B API compatible with OpenAI?

Yes. Qubax provides an OpenAI-compatible API. You can use Ministral 3B as a drop-in replacement by changing your base URL to https://api.qubax.ai/v1 and using your Qubax API key. It works with Cline, Cursor, OpenCode, Hermes Agent, and any tool that supports OpenAI APIs.

Why is Ministral 3B cheaper on Qubax than OpenRouter?

Qubax sources AI inference from the Surplus Intelligence marketplace, an open marketplace on the Base blockchain where compute providers compete on price. We pass the savings to you — 87% cheaper than OpenRouter's price for Ministral 3B.

How do I pay for Ministral 3B API usage?

Qubax uses prepaid crypto credits. Deposit USDC on the Base chain and your balance is automatically deducted as you use the API. No credit card required. Top up from $3.

What is the context window of Ministral 3B?

Ministral 3B supports a context window of 128K tokens, allowing you to process large documents, codebases, or long conversations in a single request.

What can I build with Ministral 3B?

Ministral 3B is versatile enough for a wide range of applications. You can use it to analyze images and visual content, build autonomous agents that call external tools and APIs, generate structured JSON output for data pipelines, process long documents and entire codebases, and more. Because it's served through Qubax's OpenAI-compatible API, integration into existing apps, agents, or workflows takes just a few lines of code.

How fast is Ministral 3B on Qubax?

Ministral 3B on Qubax supports streaming responses, so tokens begin arriving in real time as they're generated. Latency depends on the provider and prompt complexity, but most requests start streaming within 200–800 milliseconds. Qubax routes requests through the Surplus Intelligence marketplace, which selects the fastest available compute provider for each request — so you get competitive latency at a lower price.

Ministral 3B vs GPT OSS Safeguard 120B: which should I choose?

Ministral 3B by Other and GPT OSS Safeguard 120B by OpenAI are both strong models in a similar price tier. Ministral 3B and supports vision/image inputs. GPT OSS Safeguard 120B comes from a different lab and may have different strengths depending on your workload. On Qubax, Ministral 3B starts at $0.013/1M input tokens versus GPT OSS Safeguard 120B's $0.020/1M — making Ministral 3B the more cost-effective option for high-volume workloads. Both are available on Qubax with crypto payments and OpenAI-compatible APIs, so you can try each and switch freely.

Can I use Ministral 3B for commercial projects?

Yes. Ministral 3B on Qubax can be used for commercial purposes. You own the outputs you generate. Qubax provides the API infrastructure — you bring your use case.

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