Mistral Medium

Mistral chat Free

API ID: mistralai/mistral-medium

Input Price
Free
/1M tokens
Output Price
Free
/1M tokens

About Mistral Medium

Mistral Medium is Mistral AI's balanced model, offering strong performance at moderate pricing for production applications. Positioned between Mistral Small and Mistral Large, it provides an excellent capability-to-cost ratio for tasks requiring more than basic AI but not flagship-level power. The model excels at general reasoning, content generation, and code assistance, handling most business applications effectively. Mistral Medium features good multilingual support and demonstrates Mistral's efficient architecture design. It's particularly valuable for enterprise deployments where consistent quality matters but maximum capability isn't required for every request. The model supports function calling and integrates well with existing workflows. For organizations building AI-powered products that need reliable performance without premium pricing, Mistral Medium offers a practical middle ground. It serves as the workhorse model for many European enterprises seeking capable AI with regional provider benefits.

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Price Ranking
#1 lowest price among 950 Chat models โ€” Top 20% cheapest!

Model Specifications

Context Length
32k
Max Output
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Release Date
2024-01-10
Capabilities
chat
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)
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This model is completely free!

No token costs - use it without worrying about API bills.

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๐Ÿš€ Quick Start

Get started with Mistral Medium API

OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="mistralai/mistral-medium",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)