Mistral AI today
Starts at
$14.99/mo
- Contract
- Not found
- Free plan
- Free plan with limited access to Vibe (chat, search, creation, coding) and access to...
Cheaper than Mistral AI (1)
Compared by starting price, same currency.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Mistral AI | States that Mistral AI doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hugging FacePRO, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$9/moPRO plan, starting price | $5.99 lessstarting price | Nothing extra found | Enterprise plan has annual commitments | Free account with unlimited public models, datasets and applications; paid... |
Flat tiers (4)
Priced in tiers, where Mistral AI charges per seat.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Mistral AI | States that Mistral AI doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 UpstageCommitment tier Explore, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$100/moCommitment tier Explore plan, starting price | $85.01 morestarting price | Tool and function calling | Not found | Studio agents include 10 free runs with no credit card; File Search beta is... |
 Cohereread Oct 29, 2026 |
$3/hour per instanceUsage price | Not comparable | Nothing extra found | Model Vault supports monthly or annual commitments | Time-limited: Free Trial API key, rate limited, not for production or commercial use |
 Google Geminiread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.25/1M tokensUsage price | Not comparable | Long context window, Tool and function calling | Not found | Free tier gives limited access to certain models with free input and output... |
 Perplexity APIread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.0005/invocationUsage price | Not comparable | Tool and function calling | Not found | Not found |
Other options (12)
No computed reason to switch, listed for completeness.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Mistral AI | States that Mistral AI doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Anthropic ClaudePro, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$20/moPro plan, starting price | $5.01 morestarting price | Long context window, HIPAA BAA | Enterprise is annual only; Pro and Team can be monthly or annual | Free plan with chat on web, desktop and mobile, web search, file creation... |
| OpenAIBusiness Standard seat, read Oct 29, 2026 | $25/userBusiness Standard seat plan, starting price | Not comparable | Long context window, SOC 2 compliance, SOC 2, HIPAA BAA | Not found | A free version of ChatGPT is available to everyone (consumer plan); details... |
 AI21 Labsread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.20/1M input tokensUsage price | Not comparable | Long context window, Zero data retention option | Not found | Trial: $10 credits for 7 days, no credit card needed |
 Amazon Bedrockread Oct 29, 2026 |
$2/1,000 queriesUsage price | Not comparable | SOC 2 compliance, Zero data retention option, SOC 2, HIPAA BAA | Not found | Not found |
 Anyscaleread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.0135/hourUsage price | Not comparable | Nothing extra found | Pay-as-you-go is month-to-month; prepaid committed services are... | Trial: $100 in Anyscale credits on signup (one-time credit, not time-limited as stated) |
 Fireworks AIread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.008/1M input tokensUsage price | Not comparable | Long context window, SOC 2 compliance, Zero data retention option, SOC 2 and 1 more | Not found | Trial: Muse Glimmer 30B SFT free via UI and Serverless Training API until 11/30, no... |
 Gemini Enterprise Agent Platformread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.085/vCPU-hourUsage price | Not comparable | Nothing extra found | Not found | A free usage tier renews monthly per account for each Agent resource (50... |
 Nebiusread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.74/GPU-hourUsage price | Not comparable | SOC 2 compliance, SOC 2, HIPAA BAA | Usage commitments available for long-term workloads | Not found |
 OpenRouterread Oct 29, 2026 |
$5.50/unitUsage price | Not comparable | Tool and function calling, SOC 2 compliance, Zero data retention option, SOC 2 | No minimums or lock-in on Standard and Business | Free plan with 25+ free models and 4 free providers; free models capped at... |
 Replicateread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.000025/secondUsage price | Not comparable | Nothing extra found | Not found | Not found |
 Together AIread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.15/1M input tokensUsage price | Not comparable | Zero data retention option | Term continues until use stops or Company terminates; you may not... | Not found |
 xAI Grokread Oct 29, 2026 |
$2/1M input tokensUsage price | Not comparable | Long context window, SOC 2 compliance, Zero data retention option, SOC 2 and 1 more | Not found | Free Console account with a Playground to test Grok models; API usage itself... |
No price found, or contact sales (7)
- Alibaba Qwenself serve
- Databricks Mosaic AIhybrid
- DeepSeekcontact the vendor
- Meta Llamahybrid
- Microsoft Azure OpenAI Servicehybrid
- SiliconFlowhybrid
- Snowflake Cortex AIhybrid
Questions
What is the cheapest alternative to Mistral AI?
Hugging Face, at $9/mo by starting price, $5.99 less than Mistral AI. Computed from each vendor's published prices.
Is there a free alternative to Mistral AI?
Yes. 8 large language models have a free plan, including Hugging Face, Anthropic Claude, Upstage, OpenAI, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
How this page is made
Alternatives come from Mistral AI's own category, Large language models. Prices come from each vendor's pricing page and are compared at the same volume where both can be computed, and by starting price where neither can. "States that Mistral AI doesn't" lists what we found on the other vendor's site and didn't find on Mistral AI's, which doesn't prove Mistral AI lacks it. How prices are read.