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Mistral: Codestral 2508 API Pricing
Mistral's cutting-edge language model for coding released end of July 2025. Codestral specializes in low-latency, high-frequency tasks such as fill-in-the-middle (FIM), code correction and test generation. [Blog Post](https://mistral.ai/news/codestral-25-08)
How much does Mistral: Codestral 2508 cost for a real workload?
At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, Mistral: Codestral 2508 costs about $4.8 ($3 input + $1.8 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.
What is the official Mistral: Codestral 2508 price?
| Official (mistralai) | Catalog (OpenRouter) | |
|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $0.3 | $0.3 |
| Output /1M | $0.9 | $0.9 |
| Cached input /1M | $0.03 | $0.03 |
✓ Matches the official list price. Source: mistralai official pricing page, checked 2026-10-21.
What are cheaper alternatives to Mistral: Codestral 2508?
- Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct — $0.09 in / $1.1 out per 1M
- Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Flash — $0.195 in / $0.975 out per 1M
- Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus (batch) — $0.23 in / $0.92 out per 1M
- Mancer: Weaver (alpha) — $0.4 in / $0.75 out per 1M
- Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B — $0.14 in / $1 out per 1M
- OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (batch) — $0.125 in / $1 out per 1M
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Mistral: Codestral 2508 cost?
Mistral: Codestral 2508 costs $0.3 per 1M input tokens and $0.9 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 21, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $4.8.
What is the context window of Mistral: Codestral 2508?
Mistral: Codestral 2508 has a context window of 256,000 tokens and can return up to 204,800 output tokens per response.
What are cheaper alternatives to Mistral: Codestral 2508?
Cheaper models include Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct ($0.09 in / $1.1 out), Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Flash ($0.195 in / $0.975 out), Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus (batch) ($0.23 in / $0.92 out). See the full list on this page.
Is Mistral: Codestral 2508 free to use?
No. Mistral: Codestral 2508 is a paid model at $0.3 input / $0.9 output per 1M tokens. 20 free models are listed on the free models page.
What is the official price of Mistral: Codestral 2508?
On mistralai's official pricing page (checked 2026-10-21), Mistral: Codestral 2508 is listed at $0.3 per 1M input tokens and $0.9 per 1M output tokens. The catalog price tracked on this page matches it exactly.
Provider: mistralai · Model ID: mistralai/codestral-2508 · Modality: text+file->text · Price snapshot October 21, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices