How much does Ministral 3 8B cost per month?

For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, Ministral 3 8B costs about $67.50 per month at Mistral's list prices ($0.15 per 1M input tokens, $0.15 per 1M output tokens).

Does Ministral 3 8B support prompt caching?

Yes. Cached input costs $0.015 per 1M tokens, compared with $0.15 for regular input.

How long is Ministral 3 8B's context window?

Ministral 3 8B accepts up to 262,144 tokens (262K) of context and returns up to 262,144 tokens per response.

Ministral 3 8B API Pricing

Mistral · released Dec 2, 2025 · 262K context · API model ID ministral-8b-2512

Ministral 3 8B by Mistral API pricing: $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens (provider list price via models.dev, Oct 10, 2026).

Prices

Ministral 3 8B prices, USD per 1M tokens
Price	USD per 1M tokens
Input	$0.15
Output	$0.15
Cache read	$0.015
Cache write	Not published

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

Estimated monthly cost

$67.50

per month

per day: $2.25
per request: $0.000225

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.

Compare this workload across models

Monthly cost by workload

Workload	Per month
Chatbot1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day	$67.50/mo
RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day	$191.25/mo
Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input	$72.00/mo

Context and capabilities

Context: 262,144 tokens
Max output: 262,144 tokens
Input: text, image
Output: text
Knowledge cutoff: Not published
Open weights: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Reasoning: No
Structured outputs: Yes

Capabilities and limits as listed by models.dev.

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Price history

No price changes since we started tracking on Oct 8, 2026.

Questions

How much does Ministral 3 8B cost per month?: For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, Ministral 3 8B costs about $67.50 per month at Mistral's list prices ($0.15 per 1M input tokens, $0.15 per 1M output tokens).
Does Ministral 3 8B support prompt caching?: Yes. Cached input costs $0.015 per 1M tokens, compared with $0.15 for regular input.
How long is Ministral 3 8B's context window?: Ministral 3 8B accepts up to 262,144 tokens (262K) of context and returns up to 262,144 tokens per response.