Mistral Moderation goes free (was $0.1 per million tokens)
Mistral repriced its content-moderation classifier from $0.1 per million input tokens to Free, relaunching it as Mistral Moderation 2 alongside a wider API catalog refresh.
Mistral Moderation: $0.1 / M input tokens
Mistral Moderation 2: Free
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Mistral dropped the price of its text-content-moderation classifier to zero. The model, previously billed at $0.1 per million input tokens under the name “Mistral Moderation,” is now “Mistral Moderation 2” (mistral-moderation-2603) and listed as Free on the API pricing page.
The change ships alongside a broader refresh of Mistral’s API catalog (see the companion packaging update also logged for 2026-08-26): a new third-party model (GLM 5.2), a named “Enterprise APIs” surcharge tier, a free open-source Lean 4 coding agent (Leanstral), and a new “Data capture” tool. All other API rates — including the flagship Mistral Medium 3.5 and Mistral Small 4 — and the Vibe consumer subscription ladder are unchanged.
Live capture shows the API pricing page grew new surfaces since July: GLM 5.2 (a third-party Zhipu/Z.ai model, $1.4 in / $4.4 out per M tokens, $0.14 cached), a named 'Enterprise APIs' product (contact sales; +75% above list pricing on select APIs for regional data controls, system-level SLAs, premium support), a free open-source 'Leanstral' Lean 4 coding agent (Labs), and a new 'Data capture' tool ($0.04/M tokens). Mistral Moderation is now 'Mistral Moderation 2' and priced Free, down from $0.1/M tokens. A 'Priority' inference tier (~1.75x Standard rates) is now documented alongside Standard/Batch. OCR moved to version 4.1 at unchanged pricing ($4/$5 per 1,000 pages). Vibe consumer plans (Free/$14.99 Pro/$24.99 Team/Enterprise) are unchanged.