Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Mistral Medium 3.5 pricing
- For the Chatbot workload, Mistral Medium 3.5 costs 1.3× less than Claude Sonnet 5.5.
- For the RAG workload, Mistral Medium 3.5 costs 1.3× less than Claude Sonnet 5.5.
- For the Coding agent workload, Mistral Medium 3.5 costs 1.2× less than Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Prices
| USD per 1M tokens | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.00 | $1.50 |
| Output | $10.00 | $7.50 |
| Cache read | $0.10 | $0.15 |
| Cache write | $2.50 | Not published |
| Batch input | $1.00 | Not published |
| Batch output | $5.00 | Not published |
Verified against the provider's official pricing page on Oct 9, 2026. Official pricing page
Mistral's list price for its own API, as compiled by models.dev and checked Oct 10, 2026, 09:00 UTC. Prices on cloud platforms and resellers can differ. Provider documentation
Monthly cost by workload
| Workload | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Chatbot1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day | $2,100/mo | $1,575/mo |
| RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day | $3,150/mo | $2,363/mo |
| Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input | $1,320/mo | $1,080/mo |
Cost = input tokens × input price + output tokens × output price, 30 days a month. Cached input uses the cache read price. Cache write fees are not included.
Context and capabilities
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Context | 1,000,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input | text, image, pdf | text, image |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Structured outputs | Yes | Yes |
Questions
- What is the price difference between Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Mistral Medium 3.5?
- Claude Sonnet 5.5: $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens. Mistral Medium 3.5: $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $7.50 per 1M output tokens. For the Chatbot workload (1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day), that is about $2,100 per month for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and $1,575 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Which has the longer context window, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Mistral Medium 3.5?
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 has the longer context window: up to 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 262,144 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Mistral Medium 3.5 have prompt caching and batch prices?
- Claude Sonnet 5.5: cached input $0.10 per 1M tokens; batch $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $5.00 per 1M output tokens. Mistral Medium 3.5: cached input $0.15 per 1M tokens; no batch price published.