Mistral Nemo API pricing
Mistral · Budget price tier · Apache 2.0 · released 2024-07. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
Deprecated. The model maker has announced retirement of this model's API · shutdown 2026-07-31 · suggested replacement: Ministral 3 8B 2512. It still carries a price because hosts still serve it; treat it as a model to migrate off, not one to start on.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $5.85 on Mistral Nemo; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, does it for $5.00. The price we quote for Mistral Nemo has changed once since 2026-08-15, most recently by +11.2% on 2026-10-09; it is now the 3rd cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. Buying from Io Net rather than at the price we quote lowers the token price by about 32%. Its maker has announced its retirement, so it is a model to migrate off rather than start on.
- Input: $0.029 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.03 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: Not published
- Context window: 131K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Available on
Direct API, AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, OpenRouter
Curated by hand; check with the provider before committing.
Market position
On blended price ($0.0297 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 99% of models in the Budget price tier: 3rd cheapest of 160. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 99% of priced text models in the catalogue: 3rd cheapest of 303.
Licence, size and capabilities
Mistral Nemo is open source: its weights are published under Apache 2.0, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token. Its published size is 12B parameters. Listed capabilities: Text, Agents. Filling its 131K context window once costs $0.0038 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 5 different hosts. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
Cheapest host: Io Net at $0.0166 input / $0.0216 output per 1M tokens, 32% below the price we quote on the blended price (30% input, 70% output). A support ticket workload at 100K requests a month costs $3.57 there against $5.85 at the price we quote, a difference of $2.28 a month. The dearest, Mistral, charges 7.5x the cheapest.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Io Net | $0.0166 | $0.0216 | fp16 |
| DekaLLM | $0.018 | $0.03 | fp8 |
| DeepInfra (price we quote) | $0.029 | $0.03 | fp8 |
| Parasail | $0.03 | $0.03 | fp8 |
| Mistral (model maker) | $0.15 | $0.15 | not declared |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown. These hosts do not all serve the model at the same numeric precision, so the cheapest is not a like-for-like substitute for the dearest. Io Net's listing is a promotional rate: 28% off its standard rate.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where Mistral publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $6 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $8 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $33 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $13 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $15 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $6 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $8 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $26 |
Price history
Mistral Nemo has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.019 input / $0.03 output per 1M tokens. The price we quote has changed once since then. The latest change, on 2026-10-09, was +11.2% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.029 input / $0.03 output.
| Date | Old price (in / out) | New price (in / out) | Blended change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | $0.019 / $0.03 | $0.029 / $0.03 | +11.2% |
Alternatives to Mistral Nemo
Mistral Nemo carries no Arena score, so this page cannot place it against models of comparable quality. The alternatives below are its nearest neighbours on price in the Budget price tier.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: Extract (scaledown) at $0.012 blended, 60% less.
- Next more expensive: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (Meta) at $0.034 blended, 14% more.
Other models from Mistral
The 8 nearest to Mistral Nemo in price, of 19 other Mistral models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Mistral Small 3: $0.05 / $0.08
- Ministral 3 3B 2512: $0.10 / $0.10
- Ministral 3 8B 2512: $0.15 / $0.15
- Ministral 3 14B 2512: $0.20 / $0.20
- Mistral Small 3.2 24B: $0.10 / $0.30
- Voxtral Small 24B 2507: $0.10 / $0.30
- Mistral Small 4: $0.15 / $0.60
- Saba: $0.20 / $0.60
All 20 Mistral models and prices
Common questions about Mistral Nemo pricing
- How much does Mistral Nemo cost?
- Mistral Nemo costs $0.029 per 1M input tokens and $0.03 per 1M output tokens at DeepInfra, the host whose rate we quote. DeepInfra serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. The model maker, Mistral, lists it at $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens. Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Mistral Nemo?
- Cheapest host: Io Net at $0.0166 input / $0.0216 output per 1M tokens, 32% below the price we quote on the blended price (30% input, 70% output). A support ticket workload at 100K requests a month costs $3.57 there against $5.85 at the price we quote, a difference of $2.28 a month. The dearest, Mistral, charges 7.5x the cheapest. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Mistral Nemo offer batch or cached pricing?
- No. Neither a batch rate nor a prompt-cache rate is published for Mistral Nemo as of 2026-11-12.
- What would Mistral Nemo cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $6 on Mistral Nemo at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Mistral Nemo be self-hosted?
- Yes. Mistral Nemo is open source: its weights are published under Apache 2.0, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token.
- Has the price of Mistral Nemo changed?
- Mistral Nemo has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.019 input / $0.03 output per 1M tokens. The price we quote has changed once since then. The latest change, on 2026-10-09, was +11.2% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.029 input / $0.03 output.
Its weights are published, which changes what you may run yourself: the cost gap between open weights and proprietary APIs.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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