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Mistral Medium 3.5 API Pricing

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Input per 1M tokens
$1.50
Output per 1M tokens
$7.50
Cached input per 1M
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What real workloads cost on Mistral Medium 3.5

Workload Per request Per month
1K short requests/day (500 in / 150 out) $0.0019 $56.25
Support chatbot, 500 convs/day (~5K in / 1.4K out per conv) $0.018 $270
Document pipeline, 10K docs/day (3K in / 500 out) $0.0083 $2475

Model your exact traffic in the API cost calculator — it preloads Mistral Medium 3.5 with caching and batch options.

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Frequently asked questions

› How much does the Mistral Medium 3.5 API cost?

Mistral Medium 3.5 costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens. In practice, a typical short request (500 tokens in, 150 out) costs about $0.0019.

› What does 1,000 requests per day cost on Mistral Medium 3.5?

At 500 input + 150 output tokens per request, 1,000 requests/day costs about $56.25 per month. Heavier workloads scale linearly — use our API cost calculator to model your exact traffic.

› How can I reduce Mistral Medium 3.5 costs?

Three levers, in order of impact: (1) route routine requests to a cheaper tier and keep Mistral Medium 3.5 for hard cases; (2) enable prompt caching, which typically halves chatbot bills; (3) use the batch API for non-urgent jobs at a ~50% discount.

› Is Mistral Medium 3.5 worth the price?

It depends on task difficulty. Flagship models earn their premium on complex reasoning, coding, and high-stakes output; mini/flash tiers handle classification, extraction and routine chat at 10–30× lower cost. Benchmark a sample of your real workload on both before committing.