# Mistral AI vs Munito AI
URL: https://docs.munito.ai/compare/mistral

Choose Mistral AI for Mistral's own models, open and proprietary, with agents, speech and OCR of office files. Choose Munito AI for open models from several labs, zero data retention by default, an Anthropic-compatible API, or decision models.

Checked on 2026-10-22. Prices change, so check them at the source.

## At a glance [#at-a-glance]

|                 | Munito AI                    | Mistral AI                                          |
| --------------- | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Regions         | EU, US or global             | EU, US or global. A regional host costs 1.1 times   |
| Prompts kept    | No                           | 30 days for abuse checks. Zero retention on request |
| API formats     | OpenAI and Anthropic         | Mistral and OpenAI-compatible                       |
| OCR             | PDFs and images, per page    | PDFs, office files and images, per page             |
| Decision models | Yes                          | No                                                  |
| Labs            | DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM and more | Mistral, and GLM from Z.ai                          |

## Prices [#prices]

Standard prices in USD. Tokens per million, input / output. The EU host of Mistral AI costs 1.1 times its list price.

| Model               | Munito AI, EU              | Mistral AI, list |
| ------------------- | -------------------------- | ---------------- |
| GLM-5.3-Flash       | $0.15 / $0.50              | $0.15 / $0.50    |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash   | $0.11 / $0.28              | Not offered      |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash | $0.27 / $1.00, global host | Not offered      |
| OCR, 1,000 pages    | $2.20 or $4.40             | $2 or $4         |

## Where Mistral AI is stronger [#where-mistral-ai-is-stronger]

- **Its own models**, open and proprietary, from Ministral to Mistral Large, and Codestral for code.
- **More APIs**: agents, embeddings, moderation, and speech with Voxtral.
- **OCR of office files**: DOCX and PPTX as well as PDFs and images.

## Where Munito AI is stronger [#where-munito-ai-is-stronger]

- **Open models from several labs** with one key: DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM and Aleph Alpha.
- **GLM-5.3-Flash in the EU at the list price of Mistral AI**. Mistral AI charges 1.1 times on its EU host.
- **Zero data retention by default**, with no request to send.
- **The Anthropic Messages API** beside the OpenAI APIs. See [Claude Code](https://docs.munito.ai/claude-code).
- **Decision models**: pplx-decider-v1.2 and Cygnet answer yes or no, choice and score questions through the [Decisions API](https://docs.munito.ai/api/createDecision).

## Sources [#sources]

Mistral AI, checked 2026-10-22: [models](https://docs.mistral.ai/models.md), [GLM 5.3 Flash](https://docs.mistral.ai/models/zai-glm-5-3-flash.md), [regional inference](https://docs.mistral.ai/inference/regional-inference.md), [API pricing](https://docs.mistral.ai/inference/pricing.md), [zero data retention](https://docs.mistral.ai/admin/monitor-comply/zero-data-retention.md), [privacy policy](https://legal.mistral.ai/terms/privacy-policy), [OCR](https://docs.mistral.ai/studio/document-processing/basic_ocr.md), [migration guide](https://docs.mistral.ai/resources/migration-guides.md).

Munito AI: [Pricing](https://docs.munito.ai/models#prices), [Regions](https://docs.munito.ai/regions), [Data privacy](https://docs.munito.ai/data-privacy), [Security](https://docs.munito.ai/security).