Vendor · Mistral AI

Mistral AI LLMs

Mistral AI is a European lab that publishes both open-weight and commercial models, plus the Le Chat assistant. It is often shortlisted by teams that want European data handling or the option to self-host.

We currently review 3 Mistral AI models across 2 families. 1 of them are legacy models that have been superseded, and each is labelled with its replacement.

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Mistral Le Chat

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Mistral Le Chat Freemium · Free (Pro $14.99/mo)

Le Chat is Mistral AI's consumer and team assistant, built on Mistral's own models. It offers web search, document analysis and a canvas for drafting, with a free tier and European data-handling positioning.

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Mistral Large

2 versions tracked. Newest first.

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Mistral Large 3 Free

Mistral Large 3, released in December 2025, is Mistral AI's largest public model, a mixture-of-experts system with 675 billion total parameters of which about 41 billion are active. It is released under the Apache 2.0 license, so organizations can download and
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Mistral Large 2 Paid · API: $2 in / $6 out per M tokens

Legacy model, superseded by Mistral Large 3. Mistral AI's frontier model and a European alternative to US-based frontier LLMs.

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Frequently asked questions

Which Mistral AI model should I start with?

Mistral Le Chat is a sensible place to begin because it is the newest current entry we track. Compare it with the cheaper tier if you mostly need drafting and summarizing, and with the premium tier only for the hardest work.

How does Mistral AI pricing work?

Most Mistral AI models are sold by usage, priced per million tokens for input and output, while consumer apps use monthly plans. Each model page lists the starting price we verified.

Where can I see how Mistral AI models compare with other vendors?

Every model has its own review, and the main LLM index at /llm/ lists all vendors side by side. Popular head-to-head pages are linked from each review.