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Mistral AI

European model maker with a per-token API and open-weight models you can self-host under Apache 2.0 for research and individual use.

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Counts, not a score. 4 of 8 things we look for are published by Mistral AI, and 4 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.Free: the Free plan is for getting started with Vibe or Studio, and self-hosting an open-weight model such as Mistral 7B is Apache 2.0 licensed for research and individual useWhat's the difference between Mistral Free and Pro plans? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.Per million tokens, input and output counted separately: Mistral Large costs $0.5 /M tokens in and $1.5 /M tokens out, batch processing halves the price and cached input tokens cut input cost by up to 90%; Mistral Pro for chat is $14.99 a monthHow are models priced? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?Open-weight models are Apache 2.0 licensed for research and individual use, while commercial deployments require a Mistral license with separate terms for derivatives and production useCan I self-host Mistral's models? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.Yes, you can self-host the open-weight models anywhere, so a workflow built on them does not depend on the hosted API staying available at the same priceCan I self-host Mistral's models? · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Put Mistral AI next to something else

No article here covers Mistral AI alongside another platform yet, so there is nothing to suggest. Pick your own pairing and the same questions get asked of each.

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How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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