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Alternatives to Mistral Medium 3.5

For customer support replies, Mistral Medium 3.5 scores 40 and costs $5.25 per 1,000 replies. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 18$3.00 / 1M
94% similarGPT-6 SolOpenAI
Overall52+34
Blended / 1M$4.00+33%
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GPT-6 Sol vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall+34Coding+43Writing+1Support−3Value+33Context1.1M
91% 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
91% 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
89% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA
Overall34+16
Blended / 1M$1.05−65%
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Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall+16Coding+32Writing+8Support−2Value+21Context262K
82% 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
81% 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
79% similarGPT-6.1 SolOpenAI
Overall74+56
Blended / 1M$4.00+33%
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GPT-6.1 Sol vs Mistral Medium 3.5Overall+56Coding+59Writing+23Support+18Value+55Context1.1M
79% 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
78% 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 customer support replies score and in price. Cheaper means at least 30% less for within 5 points. Scores are provisional.

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