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Mistral API vs Perplexity Sonar API pricing

Mistral API is cheaper to start: $0.15 per million input tokens, $0.6 per million output against $1 per million input tokens, $1 per million output, plus $5 to $12 per 1,000 requests for Perplexity Sonar API. Mistral API has not changed its listed prices since 2026. Perplexity Sonar API has not changed its listed prices since 2026.

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Mistral API vs Perplexity Sonar API at a glance

Current list prices as last read from each pricing page.

Mistral API

Full analysis
Starts at
$0.15 per million input tokens, $0.6 per million outputMistral Small 4, USD per million tokens
Top listed plan
$1.5 per million input tokens, $7.5 per million outputMistral Medium 3.5
Priced by
Usage based
Free plan
Not recorded
Price history
since 2026
Price changes
none

Perplexity Sonar API

Full analysis
Starts at
$1 per million input tokens, $1 per million output, plus $5 to $12 per 1,000 requestsSonar, USD per million tokens, before per request fees
Top listed plan
$3 per million input tokens, $15 per million output, plus $6 to $14 per 1,000 requestsSonar Pro
Priced by
Usage based
Free plan
Not recorded
Price history
since 2026
Price changes
none

Mistral API vs Perplexity Sonar API price history

Both histories on one chart. The default line is each product's cheapest paid plan.

$0.10$0.20$0.50$1$2$1 Perplexity Sonar API Sonar, input$0.15 Mistral API Mistral Small 4, input
Mistral API: USD per million tokens. Perplexity Sonar API: USD per million tokens, before per request fees. Click a legend entry to add or hide a plan. Log scale.
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ObservedMistral API Mistral Small 4, inputPerplexity Sonar API Sonar, input
Sep 21, 2026$0.15$1
Oct 3, 2026$0.15$1

Plans side by side

Every plan currently listed, with the price it started at where we have it.

Mistral APIUSD per million tokens

PlanPriceListed since
Mistral Large 3, input$0.50Sep 2026
Mistral Large 3, output$1.50Sep 2026
Mistral Medium 3.5, input$1.50Sep 2026
Mistral Medium 3.5, output$7.50Sep 2026
Mistral Small 4, input$0.15Sep 2026
Mistral Small 4, output$0.60Sep 2026

Perplexity Sonar APIUSD per million tokens, before per request fees

PlanPriceListed since
Sonar, input$1Sep 2026
Sonar, output$1Sep 2026
Sonar Pro, input$3Sep 2026
Sonar Pro, output$15Sep 2026

Mistral API vs Perplexity Sonar API pricing questions

Is Mistral API or Perplexity Sonar API cheaper?
Mistral API starts lower at $0.15 per million input tokens, $0.6 per million output, Perplexity Sonar API at $1 per million input tokens, $1 per million output, plus $5 to $12 per 1,000 requests. Prices are as shown on each pricing page when it was last read.
Has Mistral API or Perplexity Sonar API raised prices?
Mistral API has not changed its listed prices since 2026. Perplexity Sonar API has not changed its listed prices since 2026.
How are Mistral API and Perplexity Sonar API priced?
Mistral API: usage based, USD per million tokens. Perplexity Sonar API: usage based, USD per million tokens, before per request fees.

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