Comparison · prices as of 2026-07-04
Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
On price alone, Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral) runs about 50% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.5 for a typical chat workload (2K input + 500 output tokens, 1,000 requests/day). Whether that's the right trade depends on the capability gap — pricing below, verify quality on your own evals.
| Spec | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input / MTok | $3 | $1.50 |
| Output / MTok | $15 | $7.50 |
| Context window | 200K | 128K |
| Max output | 64K | 32K |
| Class | workhorse | workhorse |
| Reference workload / month | $405.00 | $202.50 |
Sources: Anthropic pricing · Mistral pricing. Run your own numbers in the cost calculator.