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Codestral 2508 (batch) Pricing

Mistral AI · mistralai-codestral-2508-batch

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Input / 1M tokens

$0.150

Output / 1M tokens

$0.450

Context window

256k tokens

≈ 341 pages of text

Max output

204,800 tokens

What it costs in practice

Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0004

1,000 requests / month$0.36/mo 10,000 requests / month$3.60/mo 100,000 requests / month$36.00/mo

Estimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with Codestral 2508 (batch) preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.

Price history

List price per 1M tokens since we started tracking in Aug 2026. Each step marks a price change — hover a point for the exact date and rate.

What it excels at

Strong performance on code generation, completion, and analysis tasks with support for very long contexts up to 256k tokens.

The business tradeoff

Quality varies with self-hosted inference; limited non-code reasoning compared to general-purpose flagships and higher output-token pricing relative to input.

Cheaper from Mistral AI

Ministral 3 14B 2512Mistral AI$0.0003/ typical request Mistral Small 4 (batch)Mistral AI$0.0002/ typical request

Same tier from other providers

GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI$0.0027/ typical request Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic$0.0096/ typical request Llama 4 MaverickMeta$0.0005/ typical request

Head-to-head

Codestral 2508 (batch) vs GPT-5.4 Mini →Codestral 2508 (batch) vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 →Codestral 2508 (batch) vs Llama 4 Maverick →

Vendor list rates, as of Sep 10, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.