Mistral Pricing 2026 — Complete Breakdown
Mistral AI pricing for 2026 — API costs for Mistral Large 2, Mistral Small, and Codestral. The best GDPR-compliant LLM API for European companies.
Free
Free tier available
$14.99/mo
Paid plan starts at
$0.100
Cheapest API (per 1M tokens)
Our Verdict
Mistral is the best choice for EU companies that need GDPR compliance without sacrificing quality. Mistral Small 3.1 is one of the cheapest capable LLM APIs in Europe.
Best for: EU/GDPR-regulated businesses, code generation (Codestral), cost-efficient European AI
Free Tier
Le Chat (Mistral's chat interface) is free. API has a free tier for testing.
Subscription Plans
Free (Le Chat)
Free
- ✓Mistral Large 2 (limited)
- ✓Web search
- ✓File uploads
- ✓Image generation (Black Forest Labs)
Le Chat Pro
$14.99/mo
- ✓Unlimited Mistral Large 2
- ✓Advanced reasoning mode
- ✓Priority speed
- ✓Collaboration tools
API Pricing
Pay-per-token pricing for developers building applications. All prices in USD.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
Mistral Large 2 Best European frontier model | $2.000 | $6.000 |
Mistral Small 3.1 Cheapest Mistral — great for classification & summarisation | $0.100 | $0.300 |
Codestral Optimised for code generation | $0.200 | $0.600 |
Pixtral Large Multimodal — text + image input | $2.000 | $6.000 |
1M tokens ≈ 750,000 words ≈ 1,500 pages. Batch API pricing is typically 50% lower.Official pricing page →
Real-World Cost Examples
What does it actually cost to run common tasks?
Write a 1,000-word blog post
$0.0004 (Small) — $0.008 (Large 2)
Summarise a 50-page PDF
$0.002 (Small) — $0.045 (Large 2)
Code review (500 lines)
$0.001 (Codestral)
Customer support (1M replies, 300 tokens each)
$30 (Small 3.1)
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Mistral GDPR compliant?
Yes — Mistral AI is a French company. Data is processed in Europe and Mistral is fully GDPR compliant by default, making it the best choice for EU businesses.
How does Mistral Large compare to GPT-4o?
Mistral Large 2 is slightly below GPT-4o on most benchmarks but costs $2.00/$6.00 per 1M tokens vs GPT-4o at $2.50/$10.00 — making it cheaper per token on output.
What is Codestral?
Codestral is Mistral's code-specialised model. It costs $0.20/$0.60 per 1M tokens and outperforms larger general models on coding tasks.
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