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Mistral Vibe

by Mistral AI

Mistral Vibe was formerly Le Chat

Mistral renamed its Le Chat assistant to Vibe. Mistral says all conversations, settings and plans carry over.

If you used it: Nothing to do. Existing accounts keep working under the new name.

Source: mistral.ai · checked 2026-10-25

The Launchpad take

Verdict

Conversational AI, multilingual, coding

Multilingual tasks; EU-compliant AI usage; coding; creative writing; general chat; self-hosting open models

Best for

DevelopersEU-based organizationsmultilingual usersopen-source enthusiastsprivacy-focused users

Quick facts

Free tier
Free plan with limited messages, web searches and coding sessions.
Starting price
Free, from $14.99/month
Platforms
web, api
Company
Mistral AI
Ready to try Mistral Vibe? Start with the getting-started guide.

Pricing

USD as shown on mistral.ai/pricing (EUR also selectable).

PlanPriceKey limits
Free$0Limited messages and web searches
Pro$14.99/monthExcluding taxes; verified students $5.99/month for up to 12 months
Team$24.99/user/monthExcluding taxes
EnterpriseCustomContact sales

Prices checked 2026-10-25

Key capabilities

Works with

  • Text
  • images
  • code

Outputs

  • Text
  • code
  • images
  • Canvas documents

Get it

How to use Mistral Vibe on phones and tablets.

  • Mobile web: Works in a mobile browser (responsive or dedicated mobile site).

Technical details

Offline
No
API
Yes
Languages
Multilingual (strong in French, English, German, Spanish, Italian)
Difficulty
Beginner-friendly
Privacy
High
Time to productivity
5 min
Upgrade when
API access for production; enterprise features; higher rate limits; custom fine-tuning
Integrations
API ecosystem, open-weight models (Mixtral, Nemo) for self-hosting

What changed

  • 2026-10-25 · displayName — Le Chat renamed Vibe (official product page). Slug moved from mistral-ai-le-chat to mistral-vibe.

Models

Last verified Oct 14, 2026. Figures that could not be confirmed on an official vendor page are marked unverified — we do not guess.

Full Mistral (Vibe) comparison

Which one should I use?

  • On the API, Mistral Large 4 is the current flagship (public preview, open weights) at the listed sale price of $0.68 / $2.09 per 1M tokens.
  • Mistral Small 4 is the cheap current chat model on the same pricing table ($0.15 / $0.60).
  • Mistral Large 3 remains listed at $0.50 / $1.50 — the previous Large, still documented.
  • Which of these names appear in free vs Pro Vibe was not confirmed on docs.mistral.ai in this pass.

Mistral Large 4

Current
Context
1M
Max output
Unverifiedunverified
API input / 1M
$0.68 / 1M
API output / 1M
$2.09 / 1M

Best for: People who want a strong European-lab model, especially via the API or open weights.

Vibe plan mapping for Large 4 was not confirmed on the Mistral docs pages checked.

Source: Mistral Large 4

Mistral Small 4

Current
Context
Unverifiedunverified
Max output
Unverifiedunverified
API input / 1M
$0.15 / 1M
API output / 1M
$0.6 / 1M

Best for: High-volume, cheaper Mistral API calls.

Vibe plan mapping for Small 4 was not confirmed on the Mistral docs pages checked.

Source: API pricing

Mistral Large 3

Prior gen
Context
Unverifiedunverified
Max output
Unverifiedunverified
API input / 1M
$0.5 / 1M
API output / 1M
$1.5 / 1M

Best for: Existing Large 3 API callers.

Vibe plan mapping for Large 3 was not confirmed on the Mistral docs pages checked.

Source: API pricing
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