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Mixtral 8x22B

Open sparse mixture-of-experts model

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★4.4ratingPricing · FreeStable
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.4
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Mixtral 8x22B does

Mistral largest open model with 141B total parameters, 39B active per token, excelling at code and math.

How Mixtral 8x22B compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Mixtral 8x22B does. All 5 offer an API, as Mixtral 8x22B does. Mixtral 8x22B offers a command-line tool. Of the 4 alternatives with platforms on record, 3 offer a command-line tool. Mixtral 8x22B was founded in 2023; the alternatives were founded between 2023 and 2024. Mixtral 8x22B is based in Paris, France; none of the 3 alternatives with a known headquarters is in France. They are in China and the United States.

Market position · AI Models

How Mixtral 8x22B compares in AI Models

Mixtral 8x22B has high opportunity and sits in the bottom 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 Mixtral 8x22B'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.

Mixtral 8x22B compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Mixtral 8x22BFounded 2023 · Paris, FranceHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIStable
DeepSeek R1Founded 2023HighContestedFreemium—YesYesAPIHot
DeepSeek V3Founded 2023 · Hangzhou, ChinaHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Llama 3.3Founded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIHot
Ollama Models HubFounded 2023HighOpenFree—YesYesDesktop, CLIHot
Qwen 2.5 72BFounded 2023 · Hangzhou, ChinaHighOpenFree—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 Mixtral 8x22B exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Text GenerationCode Generation
Industry Verticals
Software
Tagged

Mixtral 8x22B shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Mixtral 8x22B: common questions

Is Mixtral 8x22B free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Mixtral 8x22B as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Mixtral 8x22B?

The closest alternatives to Mixtral 8x22B that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek V3, Llama 3.3, Ollama Models Hub, and Qwen 2.5 72B.

Is Mixtral 8x22B still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Mixtral 8x22B as operating at mistral.ai.

Where is Mixtral 8x22B based?

Mixtral 8x22B is headquartered in Paris, France.

Does Mixtral 8x22B have an API?

Yes. Mixtral 8x22B offers an API.

Who is Mixtral 8x22B for?

Mixtral 8x22B is built for developers and researchers.

How do I sign in to Mixtral 8x22B?

Sign in on Mixtral 8x22B's own website, mistral.ai. FalcoScan reviews Mixtral 8x22B but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Mixtral 8x22B directly.

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