Mistral AI lists 35 models and Recursive 1. Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Mistral AI | Recursive | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 35 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 35 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.39 | n/a |
| Cheapest paid model | Mistral: Mistral Nemo ($0.03) | n/a |
| Longest context | Mistral: Mistral Large 4 (1.0M) | Recursive: Flint (free) (262K) |
| Free models | 1 | 1 |
| Newest model | Mistral: Mistral Large 4 (2026-10-06) | Recursive: Flint (free) (2026-10-21) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 16 | 0 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | Mistral AI | Recursive |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $2.77 with Mistral: Mistral Nemo | no suitable model |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $3.78 with Mistral: Mistral Nemo | no suitable model |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $3.84 with Mistral: Mistral Nemo | no suitable model |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $2.50 with Mistral: Mistral Nemo | no suitable model |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $1.48 with Mistral: Mistral Nemo | no suitable model |
| You need | Mistral AI | Recursive |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Mistral: Mistral Nemo ($0.03) | none listed |
| With tool calling | Mistral: Mistral Nemo ($0.03) | none listed |
| With image input | Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 (batch) ($0.07) | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | Mistral: Mistral Small 4 (batch) ($0.13) | none listed |
| 128K+ context | Mistral: Mistral Nemo ($0.03) | none listed |
| 1M+ context | Mistral: Mistral Large 4 ($2.06) | none listed |
| Model type | Mistral AI | Recursive |
|---|---|---|
| text+file+audio->text | 1 | 0 |
| text+file->text | 7 | 0 |
| text+image+file->text | 7 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 11 | 0 |
| text->text | 9 | 1 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Mistral AI | Recursive |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 | 1 |
| Under $0.50 | 20 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 8 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 6 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
It depends on the job: Mistral AI offers the broader line-up (35 models vs 1), Mistral AI the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Mistral AI: Mistral AI lists 35 models and Recursive lists 1.
Mistral AI: Mistral AI's longest is Mistral: Mistral Large 4 at 1.0M tokens; Recursive's is Recursive: Flint (free) at 262K.
Mistral AI: 1 free model (e.g. Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B (free)). Recursive: 1 free model (e.g. Recursive: Flint (free)).
Mistral AI: 18 of 35 models accept images. Recursive: 0 of 1.