Mistral Medium 3 API131K context
Mistral Medium 3 is a high-performance enterprise-grade language model designed to deliver frontier-level capabilities at significantly reduced operational cost.
Pricing & specs mirror our live pricing as of July 2026 (pay-as-you-go).
What is Mistral Medium 3?
Mistral Medium 3 is a high-performance enterprise-grade language model designed to deliver frontier-level capabilities at significantly reduced operational cost. It balances state-of-the-art reasoning and multimodal performance with 8× lower cost...
Mistral Medium 3 on the release timeline
Mistral Medium 3 pricing
Pay-as-you-go on DataLLM Lab — these are our live list prices (identical to the pricing page):
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read | Cache write | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Medium 3 | $0.40 | $2.00 | $0.04 | — | 131K |
On output price, Mistral Medium 3 is cheaper than 42% of the 309 models in the catalog.
What Mistral Medium 3 costs per month
| Workload | Tokens in / out (monthly) | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot | 40M / 12M | $40.00 |
| RAG / knowledge base | 200M / 20M | $120 |
| Coding agent | 80M / 25M | $82.00 |
| Batch extraction | 150M / 8M | $76.00 |
| Content generation | 20M / 40M | $88.00 |
Estimate your own monthly cost
Cost = input price × input volume + output price × output volume. The same five workloads run on every model page, so any two compare directly.
Mistral Medium 3 vs alternatives
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Our test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Medium 3 | $0.40 | $2.00 | 131K | — |
| Devstral 2 2512 | $0.40 | $2.00 | 262K | — |
| Mistral Medium 3.1 | $0.40 | $2.00 | 131K | — |
| Mistral Large 3 2512 | $0.50 | $1.50 | 262K | — |
| Seed 1.6 | $0.25 | $2.00 | 262K | — |
| Seed-2.0-Lite | $0.25 | $2.00 | 262K | — |
When not to use Mistral Medium 3
- It is served by a single provider, so there is less failover headroom during an outage.
Specs
| Model ID | mistralai/mistral-medium-3 |
| Modality | text+image+file->text (input: text, image, file) |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens |
| Tool / function calling | ✅ Yes |
| Structured output (JSON) | ✅ Yes |
| Released | 2025-05-07 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-03-31 |
| Open weights | — (hosted API only) |
How to call Mistral Medium 3
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.datallmlab.com/v1", api_key="YOUR_DATALLM_LAB_KEY")
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mistralai/mistral-medium-3",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
# supports tools=[...] and tool_choice
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)curl https://api.datallmlab.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"mistralai/mistral-medium-3","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.datallmlab.com/v1", apiKey: process.env.DATALLM_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "mistralai/mistral-medium-3",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);The same key routes Mistral Medium 3 and 300+ other models — switch models by changing one string. How OpenAI-compatible APIs work.
Prompting tips for Mistral Medium 3
- Be explicit and show the shape of the answer. Spell out format, tone and constraints up front, and include one short example of the output you want — Mistral Medium 3 follows concrete instructions better than abstract ones.
- It reads images. Send image parts alongside your text and ask for specific outputs (named JSON fields, a table, "what changed") rather than "describe this".
- Give it real tools. Pass a
tools=[...]schema instead of asking it to "pretend" — let Mistral Medium 3 emit tool calls, execute them, and feed results back for the next turn. - Constrain JSON with a schema. Use
response_format/ structured outputs rather than "reply in JSON" to get valid, parseable objects every time.
Tips are derived from Mistral Medium 3's actual capabilities — context window, tool & JSON support, modality and price tier — not generic advice.
Open-source tools for Mistral Medium 3
Popular open-source frameworks and agents to build with Mistral Medium 3 over the API — star counts pulled from GitHub (July 2026).
Listed by GitHub stars; inclusion is by ecosystem relevance (agent frameworks, SDKs and gateways), not affiliation. Stars change — see each repo for current numbers.
Migrating to Mistral Medium 3
Coming from OpenAI or another gateway? On an OpenAI-compatible setup the only changes are base_url → https://api.datallmlab.com/v1 and model → mistralai/mistral-medium-3. Messages, streaming, tool calls and the rest of your code stay the same. Routing & failover guide.
Rate limits & reliability
Rate limits here are the DataLLM Lab gateway's, not the upstream vendor's. On 429 (rate limited) or 503 (provider busy), retry with exponential backoff. See the error-code guide and failover setup.
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What is Mistral Medium 3?
Mistral Medium 3 is a high-performance enterprise-grade language model designed to deliver frontier-level capabilities at significantly reduced operational cost. It accepts text, image, file input with a 131K-token context window and was released on 2025-05-07. On DataLLM Lab it is callable through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
How much does Mistral Medium 3 cost?
On DataLLM Lab it is $0.40 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.04/1M — cheaper than about 42% of the 309-model catalog on output price. Pay-as-you-go, no subscription.
What is the context window of Mistral Medium 3?
131K tokens.
Is Mistral Medium 3 open source?
No open weights are published — it is available through hosted API access only.
How do I call the Mistral Medium 3 API?
Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.datallmlab.com/v1 and set model to "mistralai/mistral-medium-3". One DataLLM Lab key routes this model and 300+ others; no code changes beyond the base URL and model string.
What are good alternatives to Mistral Medium 3?
Close options by price and capability include Devstral 2 2512, Mistral Medium 3.1, Mistral Large 3 2512 — all callable with the same DataLLM Lab key.