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Why use Mistral Small 3 on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Mistral Small 3 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.10/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Compare Mistral Small 3 across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$0.10
Output / 1M
$0.30
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install openaiAuth
export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...Call
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],Model ID
mistral/mistral-smallRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mistral/mistral-small",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "mistral/mistral-small", not the LLMReference slug "mistral-small-3".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Mistral Small 3 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Together AI | $0.10 | $0.30 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.10 | $0.30 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.10 |
| Output tokens | $0.30 |
Capabilities
JSON / Tool useStructured Outputs
About Mistral Small 3
Mistral Small 3 is a January 2025 Mistral model. Provider-specific rows, such as Together AI, belong in modelProvider coverage rather than in the model name.
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Model Specs
Released2025-01-01
Parameters24B
Context33k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2023-10