Best MiniMax Models for OpenClaw — MiniMax-01 and Text Models

Dev.to AI
Generative AI

The best MiniMax model for OpenClaw as of April 2026 is MiniMax M2.7, a self-evolving agent model that scores 56.22% on SWE-Pro and 57.0% on Terminal Bench 2 while costing only $0.30 per million input tokens. MiniMax gives OpenClaw operators one of the strongest cost-to-performance ratios in the current market, with an OpenAI-compatible API that makes configuration straightforward.