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OMistral vs Tabby
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Mistral if…
- you want the lower entry price ($14.99/mo vs $19/mo)
- you need an API to build on
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: developers, enterprises with data-control requirements
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Choose Tabby if…
- you're in its core audience: software developers, small development teams
Side by side
Feature Mistral Tabby
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$14.99/mo$19/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—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, API, VS Code, JetBrains, Self-hostedSelf-hosted, VS Code, JetBrains, Web
CategoryLocal & Open ModelsCode Assistants
CompanyMistral AITabbyML, Inc.
Based inFrance—
Founded2023—
Part of——
Key features
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
T Tabby
- Context-aware code completion in the IDE
- Answer Engine for coding questions with cited sources
- Inline chat inside the code editor
- Context providers connecting docs and data sources
- Self-hosting on consumer-grade GPUs
- No external database or cloud service required
- Pochi agent for planning and executing tasks
- SSO, usage analytics and telemetry policies on Enterprise
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Mistral
FreeFree
Pro$14.99/mo excluding taxes
Team$24.99/user/mo excluding taxes
EnterpriseCustom
Tabby
CommunityFree
Team$19/mo per seat
EnterpriseCustom
Tabby Cloud (Pochi)Usage-based
Strengths and limitations
Mistral
- Free plan includes chat, coding sessions and image generation
- Models can be self-hosted, on-prem or in your VPC
- Students can get Pro for $5.99/mo
- Pro includes $15/mo in API credits
- Commercial self-hosting requires a separate Mistral license
- Paid plans are subject to fair usage limits
- Enterprise pricing is available only through sales
Tabby
- Open source and self-hostable
- Free Community plan for up to 5 users
- Supports VS Code, Neovim, Eclipse and many JetBrains IDEs
- Tab Completion on Tabby Cloud is free with no usage limits
- Free plan is limited to 5 users
- SSO and telemetry policy controls require the Enterprise plan
- Enterprise pricing is only available by contacting sales
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