DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Mistral Small 4: API price and specs

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 70% cheaper than Mistral Small 4 on input price.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 75% cheaper than Mistral Small 4 on output price.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 72% cheaper than Mistral Small 4 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a 300% larger context than Mistral Small 4.

Field	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Mistral Small 4
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.045	$0.15 +233.3%
Median input, per 1M	$0.30 +89.6%	$0.16
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.15	$0.60 +300%
Median output, per 1M	$1.20 +89.6%	$0.63
Lowest unit price	—	$0.28 / image
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.075	$0.27 +260%
Context	1M	262K +75%
Max output	1M	256K +75.6%
Providers	60	12 +80%
Regions	APAC, EU, GLOBAL, US	CH, EU, GLOBAL
Accepts	application/pdf, file, image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text	image, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	yes	no
Cheapest provider	openrouter	edenai

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

aki-io, cortecs, edenai, empiriolabs, kilo, meganova, melious, openrouter, requesty, trustedrouter

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Mistral Small 4?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 70% cheaper than Mistral Small 4 on input price. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 75% cheaper than Mistral Small 4 on output price. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 72% cheaper than Mistral Small 4 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Mistral Small 4?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 1M tokens; Mistral Small 4: 262K tokens.

Where can I use both DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Mistral Small 4?

aki-io, cortecs, edenai, empiriolabs, kilo, meganova, melious, openrouter, requesty, trustedrouter