Mistral: Codestral 25.08
Codestral 25.08 is a language model from Mistral released on Jul 30, 2025. It reads text and writes text, with a 256K token context window and up to 8K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.03, 90% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
10 providers serve it, including Vertex, DevPass (LLM Gateway) and Eden AI.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.30 / $0.90 per 1M
- Context
- 256K
- Max output
- 8K
- Released
- Jul 30, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Codestral 25.08 pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.30 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.90 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.03 / 1M tokens | 90% off input |
Codestral 25.08 providers
10 providers serve it, including Vertex, DevPass (LLM Gateway) and Eden AI. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral First party | $0.30 | $0.90 | $0.03 | 256K | 8K |
| Vertex | $0.30 | $0.90 | – | 128K | 8K |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $0.30 | $0.90 | – | 256K | 16K |
| Eden AI | $0.30 | $0.90 | $0.03 | 256K | 8K |
| Kilo Gateway | $0.30 | $0.90 | $0.03 | 256K | 205K |
| LLM Gateway | $0.30 | $0.90 | – | 256K | 256K |
| NanoGPT | $0.30 | $0.90 | $0.15 | 256K | 33K |
| LowRouter | $0.3138 | $0.9413 | $0.0314 | 128K | 8K |
| Cortecs | $0.368 | $1.10 | $0.037 | 256K | 256K |
| AI/ML API | $0.4126 | $1.24 | $0.0413 | 256K | 8K |
What Codestral 25.08 costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Codestral 25.08 through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Temperature
temperature
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Codestral 25.08 questions
How much does the Codestral 25.08 API cost?
$0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.03. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Codestral 25.08?
256,000 tokens of input, and it can write up to 8,192 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Codestral 25.08?
10 providers serve it, including Vertex, DevPass (LLM Gateway) and Eden AI. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Codestral 25.08 support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Codestral 25.08 open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was Codestral 25.08 released?
Jul 30, 2025.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. Independent scores from my hand checked rankings, sources linked above. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Codestral 25.08?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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