Mistral AI Mistral AI

Mistral AI is a Paris-based AI company building frontier open and commercial language models. They offer the Mistral and Mixtral model families through their inference API platform La Plateforme, combining open-source leadership with commercial-grade enterprise solutions.

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Key Features

Mistral Model Family
Access to Mistral Large, Mistral Small, Mistral Nemo, Codestral, and Mixtral models
Open-Source Models
Leading open-weight models including Mistral 7B, Mixtral 8x7B, and Mistral Nemo under Apache 2.0
Function Calling
Native tool use and function calling across all commercial models
JSON Mode
Structured output with guaranteed valid JSON responses
Fine-Tuning
Customize models on proprietary data through La Plateforme
Vision Support
Multimodal capabilities with image understanding on Pixtral models

Provider Comparison

Advantages

  • Strong open-source model ecosystem with Apache 2.0 licensing
  • Competitive pricing especially for Mistral Small and Nemo tiers
  • European company with EU data residency options
  • Excellent code generation with dedicated Codestral model
  • High throughput inference with efficient model architectures
  • OpenAI-compatible API for easy migration

Limitations

  • Smaller model catalog compared to platform providers
  • Less ecosystem maturity than OpenAI or Anthropic
  • Limited multimodal capabilities beyond text and images
  • Enterprise features still maturing

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Pricing Options

OptionDetails
Pay-per-tokenPer million token pricing with separate input and output rates
Free tierRate-limited free access for experimentation
Batch APIDiscounted pricing for asynchronous bulk processing

Getting Started

1

Create an account

Sign up at console.mistral.ai

2

Generate API key

Create an API key from the console dashboard

3

Install SDK

pip install mistralai (Python) or npm install @mistralai/mistralai (TypeScript)

4

Make first API call

Use the chat completions endpoint with your preferred Mistral model