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Mistral AI
AI & Machine Learning · Large Language Models
European AI company offering powerful open and commercial models. Free tier includes access to Mistral Small and open-source models.
No Credit CardEU BasedOpenAI Compatible
Rate Limits
Requests per Minute2 RPM
Requests per Day500 RPD
Tokens per Minute500,000 TPM
Free Tier Details
✅ Included
- Mistral Small (latest)
- Mistral Nemo
- Codestral Mamba
- Embeddings API
- Function calling
❌ Not Included
- —Mistral Large
- —Mistral Medium
- —Fine-tuning
- —Guardrails API
How to Get Your Free API Key
Sign up at console.mistral.ai.
https://console.mistral.aiChoose the 'Experiment' plan which is free and doesn't require a credit card.
Go to API Keys and create a new key.
https://console.mistral.ai/api-keysHow to Test Your Key
Send a chat completion request to Mistral Small.
curl https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"mistral-small-latest","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'Expected: JSON response with Mistral's completion.
Hidden Limitations
- Free tier has very low RPM (2 requests per minute)
- Only smaller models available on free tier
- Rate limits can change without notice
- Free tier data may be used for model improvement
Official Links
Last verified: 2026-02-12 · Last updated: 2026-02-12