Efficient multimodal model for instruction following, coding, reasoning, and function calling
Mistral Small 3.1 24B is offered by 3 providers on this page. Its reference price is $0.351 per 1M input tokens and $0.555 per 1M output tokens. The lowest paid channel is watsonx.ai at $0.106 / $0.318 per 1M, about 3.3× below the reference price.
The context window is 128,000 tokens at the reference host, but hosts report different limits, from 128,000 to 131,072, so the usable window depends on the provider you pick. It supports tool use and structured output. Accepted input modalities are Text and Image. The weights are open, so it can also be self-hosted or served through a gateway of your choice. Providers report the capability flags inconsistently, so verify a specific feature against the host you plan to use. Its training knowledge cuts off at 2024-06.
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| watsonx.ai | Cloud | $0.11 | $0.32 | — | — | 131,072 ⚠ | 16,384 | |
| OpenRouter mistralai/mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct | Gateway | $0.35 | $0.56 | — | — | 128,000 | 102,400 | |
| Kilo Gateway mistralai/mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct | Gateway | $0.35 | $0.56 | — | — | 128,000 | 102,400 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.