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Alternatives to Mistral Medium 3.5

For coding help for non-developers, Mistral Medium 3.5 scores 19 and costs $15.75 per 1,000 requests. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 18$3.00 / 1M
73% similarGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle
Overall29+11
Blended / 1M$0.85−72%
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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall+11Coding+17Writing+15Support+6Value+18Context1M
71% similarNova 2 LiteAmazon
Overall0−18
Blended / 1M$0.94−69%
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Nova 2 Lite vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall−18Coding−19Writing−35Support−40Value−11Context1M
70% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA
Overall27+9
Blended / 1M$0.24−92%
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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall+9Coding+7Writing−2Support−6Value+22Context1M
67% similarGrok 4.7xAI
Overall35+17
Blended / 1M$3.00±0%
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Grok 4.7 vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall+17Coding+33Writing+1Support−9Value+17Context500K
66% similarOpen weightsGemma 4 31B ITGoogle
Overall28+10
Blended / 1M$0.25−92%
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Gemma 4 31B IT vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall+10Coding+11Writing+15Support+11Value+23Context262K
62% similarGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI
Overall60+42
Blended / 1M$4.50+50%
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GPT-5.6 Terra vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall+42Coding+35Writing+18Support+17Value+41Context1.1M
61% similarClaude Sonnet 5Anthropic
Overall53+35
Blended / 1M$4.00+33%
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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall+35Coding+36Writing+18Support+16Value+34Context1M
60% similarMistral Large 4Mistral AI
Overall37+19
Blended / 1M$2.07−31%
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Mistral Large 4 vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall+19Coding+36Writing−1Support+6Value+21Context1M
59% similarOpen weightsDeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek
Overall53+35
Blended / 1M$1.98−34%
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DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall+35Coding+37Writing+26Support+19Value+38Context1M

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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