MistralCodestral 2508 pricing
$0.30 per 1M input tokens and $0.90 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.13¢ per chat answer and 0.60¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Codestral 2508 costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (Mistral Large 4), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.13¢$1.25 / 1,000 | 40 in · 523 out · 854 reasoning | 121 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.33¢$3.27 / 1,000 | 254 in · 599 out · 2,946 reasoning | 259 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 0.70¢$7.01 / 1,000 | 55 in · 2,064 out · 5,705 reasoning | 159 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 0.29¢$2.86 / 1,000 | 285 in · 849 out · 2,230 reasoning | 102 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 1.1¢$11.32 / 1,000 | 1,349 in · 1,317 out · 10,816 reasoning | 189 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 0.39¢$3.95 / 1,000 | 731 in · 860 out · 3,281 reasoning | 207 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 0.60¢$5.96 / 1,000 | 13,373 in · 151 out · 2,019 reasoning | 147 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.25¢$2.50 / 1,000 | 374 in · 871 out · 1,784 reasoning | 180 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | 1.1¢$11.06 / 1,000 | 4,774 in · 4,526 out · 6,174 reasoning | 113 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 0.40¢$4.00 / 1,000 | 3,772 in · 210 out · 2,981 reasoning | 149 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 0.70¢$7.04 / 1,000 | 1,274 in · 832 out · 6,565 reasoning | 175 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 0.96¢$9.60 / 1,000 | 4,658 in · 1,594 out · 7,522 reasoning | 149 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.29¢$2.88 / 1,000 | 121 in · 511 out · 2,647 reasoning | 190 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 22¢$225 / 1,000 | 2,304,625 in · 15,450 out · 132,350 reasoning | 107 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Codestral 2508 through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mistralunknown | $0.30 / $0.90 | $0.03 | 256K | 100% |
Mistralunknown | $0.33 / $0.99 | $0.033 | 256K |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Aug 12, 2025 at $0.30 input / $0.90 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Codestral 2508 cost?
Codestral 2508 costs $0.30 per 1 million input tokens and $0.90 per 1 million output tokens, with cached input at $0.03 (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.13¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 0.60¢.
Where is Codestral 2508 cheapest?
Among 2 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Mistral: $0.30 input and $0.90 output per 1M tokens.
Is the Codestral 2508 cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Codestral 2508 was not run directly. Tokens come from Mistral Large 4 and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Mistral. Real usage can differ.