Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1 (batch) alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1 (batch) model details · Mistral Medium family · Mistral AI provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google: Gemma 3 12B | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.05 Budget | vs → | |
| 2 | Google: Gemma 3 27B | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.08 Budget | vs → | |
| 3 | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini | OpenAI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 4 | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | OpenAI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch) | OpenAI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.07 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.18 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | Meta: Muse Glimmer 30B | Meta | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.30 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | Meta: Muse Glimmer 30B (batch) | Meta | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.35 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | Z.ai: GLM 4.6V | Z Ai | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.30 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | DeepSeek | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.44 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → | |
| 14 | Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.07 Budget | vs → | |
| 15 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.30 Budget | vs → |