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OMistral vs Vosk
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Mistral if…
- you work on Web, VS Code, JetBrains
- you're in its core audience: developers, enterprises with data-control requirements
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Choose Vosk if…
- you work on Linux
- you're in its core audience: software developers, embedded and iot engineers
Side by side
Feature Mistral Vosk
Pricing modelFreemiumFree
Starting price$14.99/moFree
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-hostedLinux, Android, iOS, API, Self-hosted
CategoryLocal & Open ModelsTranscription
CompanyMistral AIAlpha Cephei
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
V Vosk
- Fully offline speech recognition
- Streaming API for real-time transcription
- Speaker identification
- Quick vocabulary reconfiguration
- Compact models of about 50 MB per language
- Larger server models available
- Bindings for Python, Java, C#, JavaScript and more
- Runs on Raspberry Pi, Android and iOS
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
Vosk
Open sourceFree
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
Vosk
- Open source under the Apache-2.0 license
- Works fully offline, including on lightweight devices
- Supports 20+ languages and dialects
- Small models of about 50 MB each
- A developer toolkit, with no ready-made end-user app
- No commercial plans or pricing published on the site
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