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Alternatives to Mistral Large 4

For pulling data out of documents, Mistral Large 4 scores 46 and costs $5.75 per 1,000 documents. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 37$2.07 / 1M
91% similarOpen weightsMistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI
Overall18−19
Blended / 1M$3.00+45%
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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Mistral Large 4Overall−19Coding−36Writing+1Support−6Value−21Context262K
90% similarGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle
Overall29−8
Blended / 1M$0.85−59%
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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Mistral Large 4Overall−8Coding−19Writing+16Support±0Value−3Context1M
87% 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
86% 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
85% similarOpen weightsMiniMax-M3MiniMax
Overall31−6
Blended / 1M$0.53−75%
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MiniMax-M3 vs Mistral Large 4Overall−6Coding−10Writing+12Support+3Value+2Context1M
85% 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
85% 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
84% 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
83% similarGPT-6.1 SolOpenAI
Overall74+37
Blended / 1M$4.00+94%
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GPT-6.1 Sol vs Mistral Large 4Overall+37Coding+23Writing+24Support+12Value+34Context1.1M

Similarity is closeness in pulling data out of documents score and in price. Cheaper means at least 30% less for within 5 points. Scores are provisional.

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