What is Codestral good for?

High-frequency code completion, fill-in-the-middle and code generation across more than 80 programming languages. It sits in the middle of Mistral's price range.

When is Codestral not a good fit?

Image input: it is text only. Closed weights, so no self-hosting, and its maximum output caps very long single responses.

What is the cheapest way to run Codestral?

The cheapest hosted rate is $0.30 / $0.90 per 1M tokens via Mistral.

Can I self-host Codestral?

No. Mistral does not publish the weights; Codestral is available only through hosted APIs.

Codestral

Mistral AI's code generation model with an undisclosed parameter count, trained on more than 80 programming languages. The current 2508 release shipped July 2025.

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List price via Mistral

Input: $0.30 / 1M tokens
Output: $0.90 / 1M tokens

2 providers

Key Specifications

Context window: 128K tokens
Max output: 33K tokens
Inputs: Text

Capabilities Show details: Function calling Connect to external tools, APIs, and systems. Structured output Return responses in structured formats like JSON. File upload Process uploaded documents, spreadsheets, and other files.

Hosted API pricing

Input tokens M Output tokens M

Provider	Input / 1M tokens	Output / 1M tokens	Cost at 10M in + 2M out
Mistral Creator	$0.30	$0.90	$4.80	View
Azure	$0.30	$0.90	$4.80	View

Heads up: Base-tier, on-demand rates per 1M tokens; cached, batch and long-context tiers excluded. A provider may serve a shorter context or a quantized build than the creator's release. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Similarly priced models

The models nearest Codestral by blended rate, each at its own cheapest provider.

Model	Blended / 1M	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Context	Cutoff	vs Codestral
GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI	$0.3667	$0.20	$1.20	1M	Feb 2026	−8%
GPT-5.4 Nano OpenAI	$0.375	$0.20	$1.25	400K	Aug 2025	−6%
Qwen2.5-72B Instruct Alibaba Cloud	$0.3833	$0.38	$0.40	33K		−4%
DeepSeek V3.1 DeepSeek	$0.3917	$0.27	$1.00	131K		−2%
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus DeepSeek	$0.3917	$0.27	$1.00	131K		−2%
Codestral This model Mistral	$0.40	$0.30	$0.90	128K
DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek	$0.4117	$0.27	$1.12	128K		+3%
Qwen3.7-Plus Alibaba Cloud	$0.4167	$0.28	$1.10	1M		+4%
Qwen3-VL-Plus Alibaba Cloud	$0.4333	$0.20	$1.60	262K		+8%
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek	$0.45	$0.30	$1.20	1M		+13%
MiniMax-M2.5 MiniMax	$0.45	$0.30	$1.20	205K		+13%

Prices are USD per 1M tokens at each model's cheapest listed provider. Blended is the cost of 10M input plus 2M output tokens, spread over the 12M.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Codestral good for?: High-frequency code completion, fill-in-the-middle and code generation across more than 80 programming languages. It sits in the middle of Mistral's price range.
When is Codestral not a good fit?: Image input: it is text only. Closed weights, so no self-hosting, and its maximum output caps very long single responses.
What is the cheapest way to run Codestral?: The cheapest hosted rate is $0.30 / $0.90 per 1M tokens via Mistral.
Can I self-host Codestral?: No. Mistral does not publish the weights; Codestral is available only through hosted APIs.

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