Mistral · AI model API pricing
How much does Mistral Small 4 cost?
A serious budget contender from Europe — between DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemini Flash-Lite on price.
Rate card
| Input tokens | $0.15 / 1M |
| Output tokens | $0.60 / 1M |
| Context window | — |
What that means per month
| Workload | Tokens / month | Cost / month |
|---|---|---|
| Prototype | 1M in · 0.3M out | $0.33/mo |
| Small app | 10M in · 3M out | $3.30/mo |
| Production app | 50M in · 15M out | $16.5/mo |
| High volume | 200M in · 60M out | $66/mo |
| Heavy platform | 1B in · 300M out | $330/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 Small 4 ($3.30/mo):
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DeepSeek V4 Flash $2.24/mo -
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite $2.20/mo -
Qwen-Flash $1.70/mo