API Cost Check
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Mistral Large 4: cost
For a typical support chatbot, Mistral Large 4 is about 5.9× cheaper than Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview ($182 vs $1,080 per month). Price is only one factor: test both on your own prompts before switching.
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Large 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $2.00 | $0.68 |
| Output /1M | $12.00 | $2.09 |
| Cached input /1M | $0.20 | $0.068 |
| Batch input /1M | $1.00 | — |
| Batch output /1M | $6.00 | — |
| Context window | 1,048,576 | 1,048,576 |
| Max input | 1,048,576 | 1,048,576 |
| Max output | 65,536 | — |
Monthly cost by workload
| Scenario (per month) | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Customer support chatbot 5,000 req/day · 1,200 in · 400 out · cache 60% | $1,080 | $182 |
| RAG over documents 2,000 req/day · 8,000 in · 600 out · cache 30% | $1,133 | $314 |
| Coding agent 1,500 req/day · 25,000 in · 2,000 out · cache 80% | $1,710 | $402 |
| Deep reasoning 800 req/day · 3,000 in · 6,000 out · cache 20% | $1,872 | $341 |
| Batch processing 50,000 req/day · 1,500 in · 150 out · batch | $3,600 | $2,000 |