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Mistral Small 3.1

Compact but capable multimodal model from Mistral AI

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★4.5ratingPricing · FreemiumStable
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Mistral Small 3.1 does

Mistral Small 3.1 adds vision capabilities to the efficient Mistral Small architecture, enabling multimodal applications at low cost. The model excels at instruction following and tool use for agentic workflows.

How Mistral Small 3.1 compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Mistral Small 3.1 does. All 5 offer an API, as Mistral Small 3.1 does. Mistral Small 3.1 was founded in 2024; the alternatives were founded between 2023 and 2024, 3 of them earlier. Mistral Small 3.1 is based in Paris, France; none of the 4 alternatives with a known headquarters is in France. They are in the United States and China.

Market position · AI Models

How Mistral Small 3.1 compares in AI Models

Mistral Small 3.1 has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 455 live AI Models tools on FalcoScan. Across AI Models, the average opportunity score is 74.6 and the average saturation score 30.5. FalcoScan rates Mistral Small 3.1's own market position as open. 200 of the 455 operating AI Models tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 13 shutdowns in the category.

Mistral Small 3.1 compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Mistral Small 3.1Founded 2024 · Paris, FranceHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIStable
Amazon NovaFounded 2024 · Seattle, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIDeclining
Claude 3.7 SonnetFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
DeepSeek R1Founded 2023HighContestedFreemium—YesYesAPIHot
DeepSeek V3Founded 2023 · Hangzhou, ChinaHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Llama 3.3Founded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIHot

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in AI Models.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Mistral Small 3.1 exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Text GenerationImage UnderstandingCode Generation
Industry Verticals
TechnologyResearchEnterprise
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Questions

Mistral Small 3.1: common questions

Is Mistral Small 3.1 free?

Mistral Small 3.1 has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Mistral Small 3.1?

The closest alternatives to Mistral Small 3.1 that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Amazon Nova, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek V3, and Llama 3.3.

Is Mistral Small 3.1 still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Mistral Small 3.1 as operating at mistral.ai.

Where is Mistral Small 3.1 based?

Mistral Small 3.1 is headquartered in Paris, France.

Does Mistral Small 3.1 have an API?

Yes. Mistral Small 3.1 offers an API.

Who is Mistral Small 3.1 for?

Mistral Small 3.1 is built for developers, startups, and researchers.

How do I sign in to Mistral Small 3.1?

Sign in on Mistral Small 3.1's own website, mistral.ai. FalcoScan reviews Mistral Small 3.1 but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Mistral Small 3.1 directly.

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