Mistral AI. Pricing model: Hybrid (base + usage). Value metric: Le Chat per user per month; API per 1M tokens.
At a glance
| Company | Mistral AI |
|---|---|
| What it does | Le Chat and Mistral API |
| Pricing model | Hybrid (base + usage) |
| Value metric | Le Chat per user per month; API per 1M tokens |
| Free tier | Le Chat Free: limited messages, web searches and coding sessions; up to 5 scheduled tasks. |
| Pricing page | mistral.ai/pricing |
Plans and prices
Prices as published on Mistral AI's pricing page, checked 27 October 2026. They change often; check the live page before you rely on them.
| Plan | Price | Billing | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Chat Pro | $14.99 | monthly (student $5.99) | Up to 6x Free messages, 15 GB library storage, unlimited task scheduling, monthly API credits included |
| Le Chat Team | $24.99 | per user per month | 30 GB storage/user, 200 Flash answers/day, team features |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | custom | Private deployments, custom models and agents, SAML SSO, white label |
| API: Mistral Large | $0.50 in / $1.50 out | per 1M tokens | Open-weight flagship |
Usage component. API is pay-as-you-go per token; Pro plan bundles a monthly API credit.
How credits/tokens work. Le Chat Pro includes API credits each month, tying the consumer plan to developer usage.
What changed in 2025–2026
Not verified in this research window beyond current prices.
What you can steal
Pricing
Mistral undercuts US labs by a wide margin and sells sovereignty (EU hosting, private deployment) as the premium. If you cannot win on capability, price on control and data residency.
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