Mistral Small 4 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite API pricing
Mistral Small 4 is cheaper on every example workload below. Prices last checked 2026-10-15.
| Mistral Small 4 (Mistral) | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (Google) | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.25 |
| Output $/1M tokens | $0.6 | $1.5 |
| Context | — | — |
| Our tier (1–4) | 1 | 1 |
Example monthly bills
| Workload | Mistral Small 4 | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat / Q&A 10M in / 2M out per month | $2.70 | $5.50 | Mistral Small 4 saves $2.80/mo (51%) |
| Coding 20M in / 5M out per month | $6.00 | $12.50 | Mistral Small 4 saves $6.50/mo (52%) |
| Output-heavy (reasoning, long answers) 10M in / 10M out per month | $7.50 | $17.50 | Mistral Small 4 saves $10.00/mo (57%) |
Fine print
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Text/image/video input
Cost only, not quality. “Tier” is our rough capability judgment, not a benchmark, and different tokenizers count the same text differently. Reasoning models may bill extra thinking tokens as output. Official sources: Mistral, Google.
See all models on the full price table, the Mistral and Google pricing pages, or try the savings calculator with your own numbers.