Mistral · AI model API pricing
How much does Mistral Medium 3.5 cost?
Mistral's strongest general model — matches Gemini 3.5 Flash on input and beats it on output, from a European provider.
Rate card
| Input tokens | $1.5 / 1M |
| Output tokens | $7.5 / 1M |
| Context window | — |
What that means per month
| Workload | Tokens / month | Cost / month |
|---|---|---|
| Prototype | 1M in · 0.3M out | $3.75/mo |
| Small app | 10M in · 3M out | $37.5/mo |
| Production app | 50M in · 15M out | $188/mo |
| High volume | 200M in · 60M out | $750/mo |
| Heavy platform | 1B in · 300M out | $3,750/mo |
Standard on-demand rates from Mistral's official pricing page, last checked 2026-07-16. Monthly figures exclude caching and batch discounts. Confirm live pricing before committing.
Cheaper alternatives
At a reference workload of 10M input / 3M output tokens a month, these cost less than Mistral Medium 3.5 ($37.5/mo):
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Qwen3-Max $30/mo -
GPT-5.6 Luna $28/mo -
GLM-5.2 $27.2/mo