Mistral AI lists 35 models and Scaledown 2. Scaledown is cheaper on a typical model ($0.03 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Mistral AI | Scaledown | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 35 | 2 |
| Models with published pricing | 35 | 2 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.39 | $0.03 |
| Cheapest paid model | Mistral: Mistral Nemo ($0.03) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| Longest context | Mistral: Mistral Large 4 (1.0M) | ScaleDown: Extract (1M) |
| Free models | 1 | 0 |
| Newest model | Mistral: Mistral Large 4 (2026-10-06) | ScaleDown: Extract (2026-10-13) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 13 | 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 | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $2.77 with Mistral: Mistral Nemo | $3.00 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $3.78 with Mistral: Mistral Nemo | $4.80 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| 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 | $3.20 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $1.48 with Mistral: Mistral Nemo | $2.00 with ScaleDown: Extract |
| You need | Mistral AI | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Mistral: Mistral Nemo ($0.03) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| With tool calling | Mistral: Mistral Nemo ($0.03) | none listed |
| With image input | Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 (batch) ($0.07) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| With reasoning mode | Mistral: Mistral Small 4 (batch) ($0.13) | none listed |
| 128K+ context | Mistral: Mistral Nemo ($0.03) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| 1M+ context | Mistral: Mistral Large 4 ($1.03) | ScaleDown: Extract ($0.03) |
| Model type | Mistral AI | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| text+file+audio->text | 1 | 0 |
| text+file->text | 7 | 0 |
| text+image+file->text | 7 | 2 |
| text+image->text | 11 | 0 |
| text->text | 9 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Mistral AI | Scaledown |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 20 | 2 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 8 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 6 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Scaledown is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.03 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.39 for Mistral AI. The cheapest paid models are Mistral: Mistral Nemo at $0.03 and ScaleDown: Extract at $0.03.
It depends on the job: Mistral AI offers the broader line-up (35 models vs 2), Scaledown the lower typical price, 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 Scaledown lists 2.
Mistral AI: Mistral AI's longest is Mistral: Mistral Large 4 at 1.0M tokens; Scaledown's is ScaleDown: Extract at 1M.
Mistral AI: 1 free model (e.g. Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B (free)). Scaledown: none.
Mistral AI: 18 of 35 models accept images. Scaledown: 2 of 2.