Mistral vs OpenRouter

Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.

Mistral

Open-weight AI models, chat and coding agent you can run on your own infrastructure

Free · from $14.99/moVisit site

OpenRouter

One OpenAI-compatible API to reach hundreds of AI models across 80+ providers

FreemiumVisit site

Choose Mistral if…

you want open source you can self-host or audit
you work on iOS, Android, VS Code
you're in its core audience: developers, enterprises with data-control requirements

Choose OpenRouter if…

you're in its core audience: software developers, ai app and agent builders

Side by side

FeatureM

MistralO

OpenRouter

Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium

Starting price$14.99/mo—

Free plan

Free trial

API

Open source

Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt out—

Data retentionVibe input/output kept until you delete conversation or account—

Optional cloud models—

OpenAI-compatible API—

Fine-tuning—

Speaker diarization—

Team admin / SSO—

PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, API, VS Code, JetBrains, Self-hostedWeb, API

CategoryLocal & Open ModelsLLM APIs & Model Hosting

CompanyMistral AI · France · since 2023OpenRouter

Full feature lists

M Mistral

Open-weight models that can be self-hosted
Model customization on your own data with Forge
Terminal coding agent powered by Devstral
VS Code and JetBrains plugin with tab completion
Remote coding agents in isolated sandboxes
Custom MCP connectors and 100+ app connectors
Spreadsheet, slide and image generation in chat
Scheduled prompts, agents and workflows

O OpenRouter

OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint
Access to 600+ models from 80+ providers
Automatic fallbacks around provider outages and rate limits
Image, video, text-to-speech and speech-to-text endpoints
Bring your own provider keys
Budgets, spend controls and activity log export
EU and US in-region routing
Hosted MCP server for agent tooling

Their home pages

What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.

Mistral home page — M Mistral · mistral.ai

OpenRouter home page — O OpenRouter · openrouter.ai

What you'd pay

The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.

Team size	Mistral	OpenRouter
1 person	$14.99 Pro	no published plan
5 people	$124.95 Team	no published plan
20 people	$499.80 Team	no published plan

What the free plans include

Mistral

Limited messages and web searches
Limited coding sessions
Basic image generation and editing
Limited libraries and document upload

OpenRouter

Free plan limits aren't published.

All plans and prices

Mistral

FreeFree

Pro$14.99/mo excluding taxes

Team$24.99/user/mo excluding taxes

EnterpriseCustom

OpenRouter

FreeFree

Standard5.5% fee on credit purchases

Business8% fee on credit purchases

EnterpriseCustom

Price changes we've recorded

We re-read each pricing page every month and log what changed.

Mistral

No changes since we started tracking.

OpenRouter

Nov 8, 2026Standard: Pay-as-you-go, 5.5% fee on credit purchases → 5.5% fee on credit purchases; Business: Pay-as-you-go, 8% fee on credit purchases → 8% fee on credit purchases