Mistral API
API access to Mistral's language, coding, OCR, and speech models through Mistral Studio. · Mistral AI · AI
Overview
Mistral's Free plan gives access to Mistral Studio with $10 of API credits each month. API keys work in Free mode without a card; usage and rate limits are lower than on paid plans.
Good fit
Use the Mistral API to try European open-weight and frontier models with a small monthly credit and no card on file.
- prototyping
- model comparison
Not a fit
Avoid for steady production traffic on the free plan; Free mode has low rate limits.
- high-volume production on the free plan
Quickstart · 3 steps
- Sign up for Mistral and open Mistral Studio.
- Stay in Free mode (no card) and create an API key.
- Send a first chat completion request with the API key.
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