Mistral Small 4: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Mistral Small 4 costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.6 per 1M output tokens, with a 256K context window. Mid-priced: dearer than 23% of this rating, with Ministral 3 14B as the nearest cheaper Mistral AI option. Recorded for vision, reasoning, free tier.

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Capabilities

API $/1M (in / out)

$0.15 / $0.6

Context window

256K tokens

Price / mo

API only

Overview Reviews

Mistral Small 4 is an AI model from Mistral AI, priced at $0.15 input and $0.6 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the budget tier of this rating — cheaper than 76% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 256K tokens in a single conversation. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, vision, reasoning, tool calling, structured JSON output. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$0.15 / $0.6per 1M tokens, in / out

Context256K tokenstokens per conversation

VendorMistral AIall models from this vendor

TierBudgetcheaper than 76% of models

Cost calculator

1M tokens/mo10M tokens/mo50M tokens/mo200M tokens/mo

Standard$0.49~~AED 2 per month~~

With batch −50%$0.24~~AED 1 per month~~

With caching on input$0.45~~AED 2 per month~~

Standard$4.88~~AED 18 per month~~

With batch −50%$2.44~~AED 9 per month~~

With caching on input$4.54~~AED 17 per month~~

Standard$24.38~~AED 90 per month~~

With batch −50%$12.19~~AED 45 per month~~

With caching on input$22.69~~AED 83 per month~~

Standard$97.50~~AED 358 per month~~

With batch −50%$48.75~~AED 179 per month~~

With caching on input$90.75~~AED 333 per month~~

Assumes a 1:3 input-to-output ratio, which is typical for chat and generation. Dirham figures use 3.6725 per dollar. Batch and caching discounts apply where the vendor offers them.

Compared with alternatives

How Mistral Small 4 sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

Hy3

Cheaper

Tencent

$0.132 / $0.528262.1K tokens

Solar Pro 3

Closest match

Upstage

$0.15 / $0.6131.1K tokens

Llama 4 Maverick

Step up

Good and poor fit

Good fit

Multi-step analysis, planning and code review, where the first plausible answer is often wrong.
Reading screenshots, charts, scanned documents and photos.
High-volume routing, classification and autocomplete.

Poor fit

Long multi-step reasoning, where a larger model finishes in fewer attempts.

Related filters

Text & chat234 models for text generation and chat

Vision159 models that read images

Reasoning175 models that think before answering

Tool calling172 models that call your functions

Prompt caching153 models with cheap repeated context

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Mistral Small 4 cost?

$0.15 / $0.6 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 0.55 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of Mistral Small 4?

256K tokens in a single conversation.

What can Mistral Small 4 do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, vision, reasoning, tool calling, structured JSON output, prompt caching, batch API, free tier, low latency, multilingual, proprietary API.

Is Mistral Small 4 a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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