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Alternatives to Mistral Large 4

For coding help for non-developers, Mistral Large 4 scores 55 and costs $10.35 per 1,000 requests. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 37$2.07 / 1M
98% similarOpen weightsDeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek
Overall53+16
Blended / 1M$1.98−4%
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DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Mistral Large 4Overall+16Coding+1Writing+27Support+13Value+17Context1M
94% similarClaude Sonnet 5Anthropic
Overall53+16
Blended / 1M$4.00+94%
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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Mistral Large 4Overall+16Coding±0Writing+19Support+10Value+13Context1M
94% similarGrok 4.7xAI
Overall35−2
Blended / 1M$3.00+45%
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Grok 4.7 vs Mistral Large 4Overall−2Coding−3Writing+2Support−15Value−4Context500K
91% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA
Overall34−3
Blended / 1M$1.05−49%
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Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Mistral Large 4Overall−3Coding−4Writing+9Support−8Value±0Context262K
91% similarGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI
Overall60+23
Blended / 1M$4.50+118%
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GPT-5.6 Terra vs Mistral Large 4Overall+23Coding−1Writing+19Support+11Value+20Context1.1M
87% similarOpen weightsGLM-5.3Z.ai
Overall61+24
Blended / 1M$2.15+4%
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GLM-5.3 vs Mistral Large 4Overall+24Coding+13Writing+36Support+21Value+24Context1M
87% similarGPT-6 SolOpenAI
Overall52+15
Blended / 1M$4.00+94%
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GPT-6 Sol vs Mistral Large 4Overall+15Coding+7Writing+2Support−9Value+12Context1.1M
86% similarGemini 3.8 FlashGoogle
Overall71+34
Blended / 1M$1.50−27%
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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Mistral Large 4Overall+34Coding+11Writing+46Support+32Value+36Context1M
80% similarMuse Spark 1.3Meta
Overall68+31
Blended / 1M$2.00−3%
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Muse Spark 1.3 vs Mistral Large 4Overall+31Coding+20Writing+36Support+25Value+32Context1M

Similarity is closeness in coding help for non-developers score and in price. Cheaper means at least 30% less for within 5 points. Scores are provisional.

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