The closest alternative to MiniMax M2.7 is Qwen3.6 Plus — comparable intelligence (50.0 vs 49.6); for a cheaper option, MiMo-V2.5 runs $0.140/M vs $0.250/M; for more speed, GLM 4.7 hits 427 t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
Qwen3.6 Plus is the closest alternative to MiniMax M2.7, with an Intelligence Index of 50.0 (MiniMax M2.7 scores 49.6) at $0.325 per million input tokens.
Yes — MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.140 per million input tokens versus $0.250 for MiniMax M2.7, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to MiniMax M2.7 — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.