Mistral: Saba 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: Saba model details · Mistral AI provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen: Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 82K Short/standard context | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.36 Budget | vs → |
| 4 | AllenAI: Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct | Allenai | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 66K Short/standard context | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | EssentialAI: Rnj 1 Instruct | Essentialai | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | Cohere: Command R (08-2024) | Cohere | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) | DeepSeek | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.32 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 | DeepSeek | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | DeepSeek | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.27 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (exacto) | DeepSeek | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.21 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 | DeepSeek | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.27 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | DeepSeek | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.27 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | DeepSeek | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.05 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | DeepSeek | shares tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 1.3M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.07 Budget | vs → |