Mistral Small 3.1 24B
$0.351 per 1M input tokens and $0.555 per 1M output tokens · 128K context · vision, tools, JSON, open weights.
Prices checked Oct 21, 2026 · tracked by LLM Cost Index since Oct 21, 2026
What Mistral Small 3.1 24B costs per month
Estimated monthly bill for typical workloads. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Customer chatbot 1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each | $173 |
| Document Q&A (RAG) 500 questions a day over retrieved documents | $35.75 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 200 tasks a day, long tool-heavy contexts | $140 |
| Content generation 30 long articles a day | $2.20 |
| Classification / extraction 100,000 short items a day | $341 |
Price history
We started tracking Mistral Small 3.1 24B on Oct 21, 2026; the chart appears as soon as there is a second data point. See all recent price changes.
Cheaper alternatives to Mistral Small 3.1 24B
Models with the same tool calling, image input, structured output for at least 20% less (3:1 input/output mix), most capable first.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| GLM 5.3 Flash Z.ai | $0.041 | $0.12 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| GPT-6 Luna OpenAI | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1.05M | visionaudiotoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| Nemotron 3.5 Super VL NVIDIA | $0.15 | $0.50 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
How to pay less for Mistral Small 3.1 24B
For a customer chatbot (1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each) that costs $173 a month at list price without caching:
| Option | Per month | You save |
|---|---|---|
| Move to Claude Haiku 5.5 (similar capabilities) | $58.56 | $114 (66%) |
Other workloads: cut-your-bill tool for Mistral Small 3.1 24B.
Specifications
| Model ID | mistralai/mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct |
| Input | text, image |
| Output | text |
| Tool calling | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | No |
| Open weights | Yes — mistralai/Mistral-Small-3.1-24B-Instruct-2503 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2023-10-31 |
| Released | Mar 17, 2025 |
FAQ
- How much does Mistral Small 3.1 24B cost?
- $0.351 per million input tokens and $0.555 per million output tokens. Prices as of Oct 21, 2026.
- What is the context window of Mistral Small 3.1 24B?
- 128K tokens, with up to 102K output tokens per response.
- Does Mistral Small 3.1 24B support images, tools and structured output?
- Images as input: yes. Tool calling: yes. Structured (JSON) output: yes. Reasoning mode: no.
- What are cheaper alternatives to Mistral Small 3.1 24B?
- Models with the same key capabilities for at least 20% less include Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.10 / $0.50), GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.041 / $0.12), GPT-6 Luna ($0.10 / $0.50).
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