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Mistral La Plateforme

EU-based; Mistral Small / Codestral with experimental free tier

TL;DR

Mistral La Plateforme — EU-based; Mistral Small / Codestral with experimental free tier. Free tier: Experimental free tier — 1 RPS, 500k tokens/min, 1B tokens/month. Best free-tier limits in the EU.

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Uptime 24h
60
Free RPM
500,000 TPM
Free TPM
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Free tier limits

  • 60 requests/min
  • 500,000 tokens/min
  • 1,000,000,000 tokens/day
No credit card required.

Models on free tier

  • mistral-large-latest
  • mistral-small-latest
  • codestral-latest
  • ministral-8b-latest
  • ministral-3b-latest

Upgrade path

Mistral Small $0.20/1M input tokens, Mistral Large $2/1M input. Codestral $0.30/1M.

Self-hosted (on-prem) and dedicated cloud deployments.

Endpoint

https://api.mistral.ai/v1

Custom SDK / API shape.

Quick start
curl https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MISTRAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "mistral-small-latest",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello in 5 words"}]
  }'
When Mistral La Plateforme is the right pick

Stay on free tier when

EU data-residency requirements, Codestral for code generation, Ministral for cost-sensitive edge use.

Pick something else when

Latency-critical UX — Mistral inference is slower than Groq/Cerebras on the same models.

FAQ
Is Mistral La Plateforme's API really free?

Experimental free tier — 1 RPS, 500k tokens/min, 1B tokens/month. Best free-tier limits in the EU. No credit card is required to sign up.

What models can I call on Mistral La Plateforme's free tier?

Most commonly used: mistral-large-latest, mistral-small-latest, codestral-latest, ministral-8b-latest. The full current list is on Mistral La Plateforme's docs page.

Is Mistral La Plateforme OpenAI-compatible?

No — Mistral La Plateforme ships its own SDK. Code samples for Python, Node, and cURL are above.

When should I upgrade from Mistral La Plateforme's free tier?

Mistral Small $0.20/1M input tokens, Mistral Large $2/1M input. Codestral $0.30/1M. If your traffic is bursty or seasonal, the free tier may be enough; if you need a guaranteed SLA, upgrade.

See also
Mistral La Plateforme vs OpenRouter

Side-by-side comparison.