01.AI (Yi)
80 pts
1 wins
VS
👑 
MiniMax
85 pts
1 wins
🏆 Overall, MiniMax offers more free value (1/6 categories)
📊 Side-by-Side
Category
01.AI (Yi)
MiniMax
Free Tier
✅ No explicit limit
✅ No explicit limit
Free API
✅ ¥10
✅ ¥15
Rate Limit
5 RPM
Varies
Open Source
✅ Yes
✅ Yes
Free Models
1
2
GitHub Stars
⭐ 7,827
⭐ 3,417
🧠 Model Details
01.AI (Yi) 1 models Yi-Lightning
Free via Wanzhi
MiniMax 2 models MiniMax-M2.7
230B params, SOTA in coding/tool-use/search/office, 1M context
MiniMax-01
Million-token context, free to use