Mistral OCR — pricing, limits & comparison
Generated 2026-11-03 22:50 UTC · JSON
Mistral OCR scores 76.92 for bulk text/markdown extraction for rag (PDF & document extraction). Agent-friction 80/100.
Pricing
| Plan | Base / mo | Included | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCR (per-page, La Plateforme) | $0 | — | $0.00/1 pages |
Cost at scale — PDF & document extraction
| Layout parse (10k pages/mo) |
|---|
| $40 |
Agent-friction breakdown — 80/100
| Check | Points | Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Test credentials without a credit card | 20 | ✓ |
| Sandbox or test mode | 15 | ✓ |
| Setup with no human-only steps | 15 | ✓ |
| Official CLI | 10 | × |
| Official MCP server | 10 | × |
| Markdown docs, current with the SDK | 10 | ✓ |
| Typed SDK for main languages | 10 | ✓ |
| Error messages that name the fix | 10 | ✓ |
Official SDKs
Python (mistralai) · TypeScript (@mistralai/mistralai)
Health & reliability — 95/100
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 · status page |
| Changelog entries (90 days) | 8 |
| Deprecations (90 days) | 0 |
| Downloads trend | -16% (mistralai on pypi) |
| Last release | 2026-11-01 |
| Ownership events (90 days) | 0 |
Sources: pypi.org · status.mistral.ai. Captured 2026-11-03.
What the internet says Unverified · aggregated from public posts
Sentiment: positive. This is summarized from public posts, is not fact-checked, and never affects the score.
- pricing (positive): “Mistral OCR is best overall for parsing to markdown at a very low per-page price, with 170-language coverage and bounding boxes.” — blog
- pricing (negative): “The old '$1 per 1,000 pages' no longer applies — OCR 4.1 is now ~$4 per 1,000 pages after the July 2026 increase.” — blog