Saba API pricing
Mistral · Budget price tier · released 2025-02. 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 2025-09-30 · suggested replacement: Mistral Small 4. 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 $60.00 on Saba; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, Qwen3 Coder Next, does it for $58.00. Saba has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 92nd cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. Only one host, Mistral, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. Its maker has announced its retirement, so it is a model to migrate off rather than start on.
- Input: $0.20 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.60 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.02 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 33K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
On blended price ($0.48 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 42% of models in the Budget price tier: 92nd cheapest of 160, tied with one other. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 70% of priced text models in the catalogue: 92nd cheapest of 303, tied with one other.
Licence, size and capabilities
No licence is recorded for Saba, so this page does not say whether it can be self-hosted. Its published size is 24B parameters. Listed capabilities: Text, Agents. Filling its 33K context window once costs $0.0066 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 1 host. 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.
Mistral is the only host with a published rate, $0.20 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Mistral (model maker, price we quote) | $0.20 | $0.60 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
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 | $44 – $60 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $63 – $88 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $254 – $272 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $149 – $158 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $153 – $180 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $58 – $66 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $78 – $82 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $224 – $300 |
Price history
Saba has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.20 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to Saba
Saba 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: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (Alibaba) at $0.465 blended, 3% less.
- Next more expensive: Mistral Small 3.1 24B (Mistral) at $0.4938 blended, 3% more.
Other models from Mistral
The 8 nearest to Saba in price, of 19 other Mistral models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- 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
- Mistral Small 3.1 24B: $0.351 / $0.555
- Codestral 2508: $0.30 / $0.90
- Mistral Large 3 2512: $0.50 / $1.50
- Devstral 2 2512: $0.40 / $2.00
All 20 Mistral models and prices
Common questions about Saba pricing
- How much does Saba cost?
- Saba costs $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (Mistral). Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Saba?
- Mistral is the only host with a published rate, $0.20 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Saba offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.02 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Saba cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $60 on Saba at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Saba be self-hosted?
- No licence is recorded for Saba, so this page does not say whether it can be self-hosted.
- Has the price of Saba changed?
- Saba has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.20 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
It publishes a prompt-cache rate, which is the discount most often left out of a budget: what prompt caching saves.
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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