Mistral & Grok (via Grok Bot)
Two non-Chinese model families that sit next to the OpenCode Go & Command Go tracker: what each offers, what's free, what it costs, and when to pick it. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and was checked Oct 16, 2026.
Mistral
Free
- Free plan (Vibe app, web & mobile): limited messages, web searches and coding sessions; includes Vibe for code in the terminal and Mistral Studio.
- API free mode: API keys on by default, no credit card, included monthly usage with the lowest rate limits. Meant for evaluation and prototyping.
mistral.ai/pricing · docs: activate Studio · docs: usage & limits · checked Oct 16, 2026
Paid plans
- Pro $14.99/mo: all-day coding in CLI, IDE or web, higher limits, $15/mo in API credits.
- Students: Pro for $5.99/mo.
- Team $24.99 and Enterprise (custom).
- API pay-as-you-go: prepaid credits; rate tiers rise with cumulative billing.
mistral.ai/pricing · help: rate limits · checked Oct 16, 2026
Current models & API prices (USD per 1M tokens, standard)
| Model | Use | License | Input | Cached | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Mistral's pick for most tasks and coding | Modified MIT | $1.50 | $0.15 | $7.50 |
| Mistral Large 4 | Open-weight general multimodal | Open weight | $0.68 sale (list $1.36) | $0.07 | $2.09 sale (list $4.18) |
| Mistral Large 3 | Previous flagship | Apache 2.0 | $0.50 | $0.05 | $1.50 |
| Mistral Small 4 | Cheap hybrid: instruct, reasoning, coding | Apache 2.0 | $0.15 | $0.015 | $0.60 |
| Ministral 3 14B / 8B / 3B | Small text + vision | Apache 2.0 | $0.20 / $0.15 / $0.10 | — | $0.20 / $0.15 / $0.10 |
| Codestral (25.08) | Code completion (FIM) | — | $0.30 | $0.03 | $0.90 |
Prices: docs.mistral.ai/inference/pricing · models & licenses: models overview · checked Oct 16, 2026. Batch is 50% off; cached input up to 90% off. Large 4 "sale" prices are as shown on Mistral's page that day.
Grok, and Grok via Grok Bot
What Grok Bot is
Grok Bot is xAI's agent app: you hand a bot a task and it works through connected tools. Connect X in Grok Bot and it creates an X developer account if you don't have one. Paid Grok Bot users get free X API credits to start. Bots can search posts, read timelines, check mentions and summarize what's happening on X.
x.ai/news/grok-bot-and-x · checked Oct 16, 2026
xAI API access
- Sign up at console.x.ai, load prepaid credits, create a key; base URL
https://api.x.ai/v1(OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible). - Free: the Console Playground comes with every account, for testing models before you pay.
- Free API credits: none currently listed. The $25/mo free credits were a public-beta offer that ended with 2024.
x.ai/api · quickstart · beta announcement · checked Oct 16, 2026
Grok text models (USD per 1M tokens, prompts < 200K tokens)
| Model | Context | Input | Cached | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| grok-4.7 (xAI's pick for code and chat) | 500K | $2.00 | $0.50 | $6.00 |
| grok-4.6 | 500K | $2.00 | $0.50 | $6.00 |
| grok-4.5 | 500K | $2.00 | $0.30 | $6.00 |
| grok-4.3 | 1M | $1.25 | $0.20 | $2.50 |
| grok-4.20-0309 (reasoning / non-reasoning / multi-agent) | 1M | $1.25 | $0.20 | $2.50 |
| grok-build-0.1 | 256K | $1.00 | $0.20 | $2.00 |
docs.x.ai/docs/models · checked Oct 16, 2026. Prompts of 200K tokens or more bill at 2× for the whole request. Images from $0.02 each, video from $0.02/sec, voice $0.08/min.
Which to use when
| If you want… | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| The cheapest paid coding plan | Command Go | $1/mo for $10 of credits ($3/5h, $6/week). CLI only, no API. Also includes Mistral Large 4 and Grok 4.5. |
| High-volume open models in any agent | OpenCode Go | $10/mo (Go Plus $40) with large per-model allowances; works with OpenCode or any agent. |
| Free chat + terminal coding without a card | Mistral Free | Vibe app plus Vibe for code, and an API free mode for prototyping. |
| Cheap API calls, EU vendor, open weights | Mistral Small 4 / Large 4 | $0.15/$0.60 (Small 4); Apache-2.0 and open-weight options you can self-host. |
| Code completion in an IDE | Codestral | Purpose-built for completion; $0.30/$0.90. |
| Frontier reasoning or 1M context | Grok 4.7 / Grok 4.3 (xAI API) | Grok 4.7 is xAI's top model; 4.3 and 4.20 give 1M context at $1.25/$2.50. |
| An agent that does the work on X and other tools | Grok Bot | Connectors (including X with starter API credits for paid users) instead of raw API calls. |
Plan figures from commandcode.ai and opencode.ai/go, the other figures from the sources above. All checked Oct 16, 2026.
Route notes (how we use them)
- Say the route before running a job: provider/model, one line.
- In OpenCode, prefer the family's direct provider (e.g. mistral/…, xai-api/…) over reseller markups; opencode-go/* is also an acceptable paid path.
- Shared quota pools aren't extra capacity: two entries on the same subscription draw from one pool.
- Only use a free last-resort route after paid APIs fail, and say so when you do.
From our internal model-routing checklist. No keys or account details are published.