Mistral
by Mistral AI
At a glance
Family of open-weight large language models from Mistral AI, including the Mistral and Mixtral series.
open-weights llm mixture-of-experts
- Licence
- Apache-2.0 for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct; other releases differ (Mistral Medium 3.5: Modified MIT; Mistral Large 4: 'Open'; Voxtral TTS: CC BY-NC 4.0)
- Category
- Open Models
- Business model
- Open (open weights/source)
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2023-09
Overview
Mistral is the model family from Paris-based Mistral AI, founded in 2023, spanning open-weight models like the Mistral and Mixtral series alongside commercial models. The open releases are known for strong quality at small sizes and permissive Apache-2.0 licensing. Models are available for download and through Mistral's hosted API.
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Key features
- Open-weight models under Apache-2.0
- Mixture-of-experts Mixtral models for efficiency
- Commercial frontier models via API
- European provider with EU hosting options
Use cases
- Self-hosting efficient open models
- European deployments with data-residency needs
- Fine-tuning compact models for specific tasks
Pricing
Open-weight models are free to download; hosted API access and commercial models are usage-priced.
Record details
Provenance, dates and links are kept here so the main sections stay about the product itself.
Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-13
- Model family
- Mistral
- Pricing
- mistral.ai ↗
- Documentation
- docs.mistral.ai ↗
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- FR
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/mistral/
Selection profile
Every field says where its value comes from. "Unknown" means we have not confirmed it — it does not mean the product lacks the feature.
Selection profile11 fields2 unknown
- Tasks it fits
- Running models yourself
Derived from the record: category "open-models".
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- Model weights
Derived from record tag matching /^open-weights$/.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Not recorded
No platform support is stated in the record.
Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Local machine
Open-weight models are run by the user, not served by the vendor.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Partly
Local execution implies the model can run without a network once downloaded, but the vendor does not state this in the record.
Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
Mirrors the availability field already on the record ("global").
Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
Demoted 2026-10-09: the text that matched on https://docs.mistral.ai/ was documentation navigation (““s & API Search docs ⌘K Vibe Studio Inference & Models Admin Resources API Reference Searc…”), not a statement about this product. Re-promote only with a body-text quote naming the product and the API surface.
Suggest a correction - Licence
- Apache-2.0 (Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct); other releases vary
The Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct model card states: "Apache 2.0 License: Open license allowing usage and modification for both commercial and non-commercial purposes." The models overview at docs.mistral.ai/models shows the family is mixed — Apache 2.0, Modified MIT, "Open" and CC BY-NC 4.0 — so the value is scoped to this release.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Permitted
Scope: Apache-2.0 on Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct permits commercial use. The family is mixed — Mistral Medium 3.5 is Modified MIT, Mistral Large 4 is labelled "Open", and Voxtral TTS is CC BY-NC 4.0 (non-commercial) — so this value is not family-wide.
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
No vendor page read in this pass states the product's own interface languages; the key exists so the field can be answered later rather than left absent.
Suggest a correction - Billing
- Open source Free Free allowance: Yes Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Our inference
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Our inference
- Licence
- Verified 2026-10-13 huggingface.co ↗
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
Each fact lists the conditions it holds under, the page it was read from and the day it was checked.
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Licence: Apache-2.0 for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct Verified 2026-10-13 huggingface.co ↗
Applies to: Applies to the Mistral-Small-3.1-24B-Instruct-2503 release; it is not a statement about other Mistral models.
The model card lists "License: apache-2.0" and states: "Apache 2.0 License: Open license allowing usage and modification for both commercial and non-commercial purposes."
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Licence: Licence varies by release across the Mistral family Verified 2026-10-13 docs.mistral.ai ↗
Applies to: Read from the vendor models overview on 2026-10-13.
The overview labels Mistral Medium 3.5 as Modified MIT, Mistral Large 4 as "Open", most open-weight models (e.g. Mistral Small 4, Ministral 3, Voxtral Small) as Apache 2.0, Voxtral TTS as CC BY-NC 4.0 (non-commercial), and several "Premier" models as API-only.
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Frequently asked questions
Are Mistral models open source?
They are not under a single licence. The Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct release read for this record is Apache-2.0, which allows commercial and non-commercial use, and many open-weight releases are Apache-2.0 too. Others are not: the vendor's models overview labels Mistral Medium 3.5 as Modified MIT, Mistral Large 4 as Open, and Voxtral TTS as CC BY-NC 4.0 (non-commercial). The strongest commercial models are API-only.
Who develops Mistral?
Mistral models are developed by Mistral AI, a Paris-based company founded in 2023.
What is Mixtral?
Mixtral is Mistral AI's mixture-of-experts model line, activating a subset of experts per token for efficiency.
What does the Mistral record not establish?
The vendor pages fetched for this record do not establish Mistral's plan prices, service regions, or interface languages. The licence is recorded per release: Apache-2.0 for the Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct model card, and a mix of Apache-2.0, Modified MIT, Open and non-commercial terms across the vendor's models overview.
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Related guides
Sources
- Official website ↗
- Mistral AI (Wikipedia) ↗
- Documentation - Mistral AI ↗
- Official pricing ↗
- Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct model card (Hugging Face) ↗
- Models overview (licences per release) ↗
This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-13.
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