Alternatives

Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B 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 Small 3.1 24B model details · Mistral Small family · Mistral AI provider page

Top 15 alternatives

#	Model	Provider	Why	Context	Input price / 1M	Compare
1	Google: Gemma 3 12B	Google	shares vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.05 Budget	vs →
2	Google: Gemma 3 27B	Google	shares vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.08 Budget	vs →
3	google/gemma-3-4b-it	Google	shares vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.05 Budget	vs →
4	Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct	Meta	shares vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.05 Budget	vs →
5	Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B	Meta	shares vision · similar price tier	164K Long context (128K+)	$0.18 Budget	vs →
6	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini	OpenAI	shares vision · similar price tier	128K Long context (128K+)	$0.15 Budget	vs →
7	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)	OpenAI	shares vision · similar price tier	128K Long context (128K+)	$0.15 Budget	vs →
8	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch)	OpenAI	shares vision · similar price tier	128K Long context (128K+)	$0.07 Budget	vs →
9	Qwen: Qwen VL Plus	Qwen	shares vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.14 Budget	vs →
10	Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct	Qwen	shares vision · similar price tier	128K Long context (128K+)	$0.20 Budget	vs →
11	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking	Qwen	shares vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.40 Budget	vs →
12	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct	Qwen	shares vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.10 Budget	vs →
13	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking	Qwen	shares vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.18 Budget	vs →
14	Arcee AI: Spotlight	Arcee Ai	shares vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.18 Budget	vs →
15	ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B	ByteDance	shares vision · similar price tier	128K Long context (128K+)	$0.10 Budget	vs →

Cheaper alternatives to Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B

Google: Gemma 3 12B — $0.05 Google: Gemma 3 27B — $0.08 google/gemma-3-4b-it — $0.05 Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct — $0.05 Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B — $0.18 OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini — $0.15 OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) — $0.15 OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch) — $0.07

Larger-context alternatives

Google: Gemma 3 12B — 131K Google: Gemma 3 27B — 131K google/gemma-3-4b-it — 131K Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct — 131K Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B — 164K Qwen: Qwen VL Plus — 131K Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking — 131K Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct — 131K