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Mistral Small 4 pricing

API list price by Mistral · same on lab-mistral, mistralai · checked Oct 26, 2026
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$0.15 / $0.60per 1M tokens in / out
$0.015cache read · −90%
$0.017per task at thinking?
#240on OpenRouter by tokens · 4.6B / week

Price sheetper 1M tokens

Input$0.15list
Output$0.60
Cache read$0.015−90% vs input
Context · max output262K · 210Ktokens

Where to buy3 providers · per 1M tokens

ProviderInputOutputContext
lab-mistral$0.15$0.60—
Mistrallab$0.15$0.60262K
mistralai$0.15$0.60—

In Mistral's line-upper 1M in / out

Ministral 3 14B 2512$0.20 / $0.20−24%
Ministral 14B 3.0$0.20 / $0.20−24%
Z.ai GLM 5.3 Flash ↗$0.15 / $0.50−10%
Mistral Small 4$0.15 / $0.60this model
Mistral Small 3.1 24B$0.35 / $0.56+53%
Codestral 2508$0.30 / $0.90+71%
Codestral 2$0.30 / $0.90+71%
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Cheaper for the same workvs Mistral Small 4

Agnes 2.5 Pro Beta-43%score ×3.1$0.10 / $0.30
GPT-5.6 Luna medium-9%score ×2.2$0.016
Ling 3.0 Flash VL thinkingOpen-66%score ×2.2$0.06 / $0.18
MiMo v2 Omni thinking-33%score ×2.1$0.14 / $0.28
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin thinkingOpen-66%score ×2$0.06 / $0.18
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Pricing questions

How much does Mistral Small 4 cost?›

$0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens on Mistral's API and lab-mistral, mistralai. Cached input is $0.015. One Intelligence Index task costs about $0.017 at the default effort.

Is Mistral Small 4 free to use?›

There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.

How much does prompt caching save?›

Cache reads cost $0.015 per 1M, 90% below the input price.

Is Mistral Small 4 cheaper than Saba?›

Yes: $0.15 / $0.60 against $0.20 / $0.60, 13% less per token.

What is a cheaper alternative to Mistral Small 4?›

Agnes 2.5 Pro Beta costs -43% per task with a score ×3.1 on Humanity's Last Exam.