Mistral
Foundation Models · Free
Efficient open-weights language models
At a glance
- Made by
- Mistral AI
- Korean
- None (English and a few others only)
- API
- Yes
- Available on
- Web, iOS, Android, CLI, API
- Open source
- Varies by model (Apache 2.0, Modified MIT, etc.)
What is Mistral?
Mistral builds frontier and specialized open-weights models, which companies can use as is or customize to their own data with Forge. Studio is used to build and manage agents and applications, and Vibe is an integrated agent that brings AI to research, coding, and everyday work. It can run on-premises, in a VPC, or on Mistral infrastructure, and offers in-region inference and dedicated GPU capacity. Its customers include organizations in energy, manufacturing, finance, and the public sector.
- Open-weights models (Mistral Large 4, Medium 3.5, Small 4, Voxtral, etc.)
- Forge: customize models with your own data
- Studio: developer console, Mistral API, playground, agents
- Vibe: productivity and coding agent for web, mobile, CLI, and IDE
- On-premises and VPC deployment, in-region inference, dedicated GPU compute
- Connectors, custom MCP connectors, task scheduling, image generation
- OCR document recognition service
Who uses Mistral and for what
- Cut a bank's KYC process from weeks to days (BNP Paribas)
- Sped up a manufacturer's subsystem error identification by 70% (ASML)
- Cut a patent office's voice dictation from days to minutes (European Patent Office)
Pricing
What you get for free — Yes (Free: limits on messages, web search, and coding sessions; Studio available)
| Plan | Price | Main limits |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | Limits on messages and web search, limits on coding sessions, 100+ connectors |
| Pro (Education plan, students) | $14.99/mo | Up to 12 months for verified students, plus tax; the regular Pro price could not be confirmed in the retrieved text |
| Team | $24.99/mo | Per user per month, 30GB storage per user, domain verification and data export |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | Custom models, agents, and workflows, audit logs, SAML SSO, white label; contact sales |
| API pay-as-you-go (PAYG) credits | Contact sales | Pay at API rates for usage beyond plan limits |
Checked on the official pages on 2026-10-14. Prices and features can change, so check the official site again before paying. · Official pricing page
Combos that work well with Mistral
From change detection to publishing after approval
Mistral links changes in official URLs to DB records. In Make, diff summaries, review requests, and publishing tasks are orchestrated in order. External publishing and sending are blocked before human approval.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: freemium (free + paid subscription)
Self-hosted operations workflow
Mistral connects collection, classification, approval, and audit logs into a single flow. In n8n, secret keys, permissions, and retry rules are separated by environment. Failed jobs leave the original text and error reason in the review queue.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: freemium (free + paid subscription)
Parser, crawler, and test code
Mistral implements parsers that match changes in each site's HTML, JSON-LD, and API responses. In Cursor, unit tests verify extraction of price, limit, and currency fields. Reflect robots, terms, and request rate rules in the code.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: freemium (free + paid subscription)
Structuring official documents and pricing pages
Mistral structures the body text, links, and metadata of public official pages. In Firecrawl, the source URL, collection time, and page title are stored in each record. Exclude targets that do not comply with terms, robots, or access restrictions.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: freemium (free + paid subscription)
Pricing data normalization and quality testing
Mistral converts source fields into plan, currency, billing cycle, and limit models. In dbt, tests check for duplicate, NULL, relationship, and range errors. Trace the origin of numbers through transformation history and documentation.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: open source + paid cloud-managed plan
State-based review agent
Mistral specifies the state transitions for collection, extraction, comparison, and approval. In LangGraph, failure, hold, and re-review paths are kept in job logs. Require a human approval node before automatic publishing.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: open source (free)
Tool-calling pricing update agent
Mistral separates agent roles into collection, extraction, verification, and reporting. In the OpenAI Agents SDK, each tool call result is recorded with a structured schema. The publishing tool is not called without a complete source and approval.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: open source (free)
Official pricing comparison page and change alerts
Mistral collects public official pricing pages and extracts them into plan, currency, billing cycle, and limit fields. In the Firecrawl + dbt + n8n combo, dbt tests filter out missing, duplicate, and abnormal values and compare them with previous values. n8n sends the source URL and a summary of differences to a reviewer, and publishes only after approval.
Cost: Open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / freemium (free + paid subscription) / open source + paid managed cloud plan
AI tools similar to Mistral (alternatives)
Mistral vs. alternatives at a glance
| AI | Pricing | Combos on the map | Connected tools | Free | Cheapest monthly | Korean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral | Free | 75 | 5 | Yes | $14.99/mo | No |
| Gemini | Free + paid | 81 | 16 | Yes | — | Yes |
| Claude | Free + paid | 83 | 16 | Yes | $20/mo | Yes |
| Command R+ | Free | 30 | 16 | — | — | Yes |
| DeepSeek-V2 | Free | 0 | 16 | — | — | No |
3 of these 5 tools have a free plan. Cheapest paid plan: Mistral ($14.99/mo).
Combo and connection counts are based on the relationships recorded on AI Galaxy Map (2026-10-26); they are not a quality ranking.
Mistral on AI Galaxy Map
- One of 60 AI tools in the Foundation Models field.
- Connected to 5 other tools — #16 in its field.
- Part of 75 work combos recorded on the map.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Mistral for free?
Yes (Free: limits on messages, web search, and coding sessions; Studio available). Prices can change, so check the official site before paying.
What works well with Mistral?
Based on the combos on the map, there is a workflow such as "From change detection to publishing after approval" that uses it together with Make.
What AI can I use instead of Mistral?
Tools that do the same job, such as Gemini, Claude, Command R+, DeepSeek-V2, are connected to it on the map.
Can I use Mistral in Korean?
None (English and a few others only)
Sources (official pages)
Checked on the official pages on 2026-10-14. Prices and features can change, so check the official site again before paying.