Hard facts side by side: free tiers, prices, limits, SDKs and privacy. Every value links to the official page it came from and is re-checked every week.
| Fact |  Mistral AI |
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| Free tier | Yes Free plan includes $10/mo in API credits. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
| Starting price | $0.50 per 1M input tokens Mistral Large 3; $1.50 per 1M output tokens. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
| Size limit | 256K token context Mistral Large 3. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
| Official SDKs | Python |
| Open source | Partly Open-weight models such as Large 3, Small 4 and Ministral 3 under Apache 2.0. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
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| Trains on your data | Opt-out Studio/API inputs and outputs may be used for training; customers can opt out anytime. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
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| EU hosting | Yes Data hosted in the EU by default; US endpoint optional. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
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| Compliance | SOC 2ISO 27001Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
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