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Mistral Le Chat — Review & Pricing (2026)
AI ChatbotOpen SourceEuropean open-source AI with enterprise focus
4.0
by Mistral AIStarting Price
Free
Free Tier
Yes
API
Available
Platforms
web, ios, android, api
Overview
Mistral AI is a French AI company building powerful open-source models. The Mistral 3 family (Dec 2025, Apache 2.0) includes Large 3, Medium 3.1, and Small 3.2. Le Chat offers a Pro plan at $14.99/mo — the cheapest premium AI subscription among major competitors.
Pricing Plans
Popular
Free (Le Chat)
Free
- Mistral Large 3
- Web search
- Canvas
- Image generation
- 500 memories
Pro
$14.99/mo
$5.99/mo for students
- Unlimited messages
- Enhanced limits
- 15GB storage
- Priority access
Team
$24.99/mo
Per user
- Collaborative workspace
- 30GB/user storage
- Admin controls
- Everything in Pro
API (pay-per-use)
Contact Sales
- All models via API
- Fine-tuning
- Function calling
API Pricing: Large 3: $0.50/$1.50, Medium 3: $0.40/$2, Small 3.2: $0.06/$0.18 per 1M tokens
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Generous free tier
- Open-source models
- European data sovereignty
- Strong multilingual support
Cons
- Less capable than GPT-5/Claude on complex tasks
- Smaller community
- Limited tool ecosystem
- Less known brand
Detailed Ratings
Overall
4.0
Ease of Use
4.3
Value for Money
4.8
Output Quality
4.0