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Mistral Large 2.1 API Pricing

Mistral Large 2.1 is deprecated; this archive preserves its listed API price while pointing new work to mistral-large-3. Baseline token rates are $2/M input and $6/M output; no separate prompt-cache price is published for this row. Pulled from official Mistral sources and the project pricing snapshot.

Archived Input - per 1M tokens
$2.00/M
Source Mistral deprecated archive
Archived Output - per 1M tokens
$6.00/M
Context 128K deprecated archive
Cache N/A
$2.00/M
Cache no separate SKU not listed
Effective - agentic blend
$2.32/M
92/8 split - 82% cache
§ 01 / TERMINAL

Run the numbers.

Archive calculator pre-loaded with Mistral Large 2.1 rates. Tweak spend, output mix, or cache assumptions to compare this row against current Mistral replacements.

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§ 02 / SCENARIOS

Real-world presets.

CHATBOT

Support assistant

$0.007/turn
2,000 in - 500 out~14,285 units/$100
CODING AGENT

Repo task iteration

$0.130/task
50,000 in - 5,000 out~769 units/$100
LONG DOC

Contract review

$0.372/doc
180,000 in - 2,000 out~268 units/$100
RAG

Knowledge base answer

$0.022/query
8,000 in - 1,000 out~4,545 units/$100
§ 03 / TAPE

Price history.

Archived at $2/M input and $6/M output.

Input · $2/M
Output · $6/M
Cached · $2/M
NOV 18 Launch price $2/M input and $6/M outputMAY 18 Archive verification kept $2/M and $6/M
§ 04 / TOKENIZER

Paste text. See tokens. See cost.

Estimate · mistral-tokenizer-estimate · ≈3.85 chars/token Auto-counts as you type

This is a chars-per-token approximation, not a real tokenizer. Actual tokens vary by language, code density, and tool-call overhead — counts are typically ±10–20% off for English prose, more for code or non-Latin scripts. For exact billing, use the vendor's official tokenizer.

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§ 05 / SHELF

Up against the shelf.

All models →
Model Input /M Output /M Effective blended Context Best for
Mistral Large 2.1 Current $2.00 $6.00 $2.32 agentic 92/8 128K Frontier multimodal work
Mistral Large 3 $0.50 $1.50 $0.58 cheaper 256K Frontier multimodal work
Mistral Medium 3.5 $1.50 $7.50 $1.98 cheaper 256K General Mistral workloads
Mistral Small 4 $0.15 $0.60 $0.19 cheaper 256K Low-cost chat and support
Codestral $0.30 $0.90 $0.35 cheaper 256K Code generation and agents
Devstral 2 $0.40 $2.00 $0.53 cheaper 256K Code generation and agents
Magistral Medium $2.00 $5.00 $2.24 cheaper 128K Transparent reasoning
DeepSeek V4 Flash $0.14 cache $0.00 $0.28 $0.05 cheaper 1M Budget coding and bulk reasoning

Frequently asked.

Practical pricing questions, with archived prices separated from current availability.

Q · 01 What is Mistral Large 2.1 priced at? +
Mistral Large 2.1 is shown here at $2/M input and $6/M output. For retired or deprecated rows, the price is preserved as an archive baseline.
Q · 02 Is Mistral Large 2.1 still available? +
Mistral Large 2.1 is deprecated in the current Mistral docs. Use mistral-large-3 for new production traffic when available.
Q · 03 Does Mistral list prompt caching for this model? +
No separate prompt-cache SKU is published for this row. The calculator therefore treats cache-hit input as the base input rate, $2/M, so the effective blend does not assume a hidden discount.
Q · 04 What does the effective price mean? +
The effective tile uses the site-wide agentic blend: 92% input tokens, 8% output tokens, and no cache discount unless a vendor lists one. For Mistral Large 2.1, that gives $2.32/M.
Q · 05 Where does the archive price come from? +
For active rows, the price comes from Mistral's current pricing or model card. For retired rows, AI//COST preserves the verified snapshot price and uses Mistral's current docs to verify deprecation, retirement, and replacement status.
Q · 06 Is there a batch discount? +
Mistral exposes batching in the API docs, but this archive row does not publish a separate per-model batch rate. The calculator keeps the baseline token prices visible and avoids inventing a discount.
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Reviewed by Yaroslav Vikhariev Founder - AI//COST - Pricing pulled daily from mistral.ai - Last verified May 18, 2026
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