Saba
Mistral Saba — pricing, 33k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.
By Mistral
Specs
- Provider
- Mistral
- Slug
- mistralai/mistral-saba
- Capabilities
- tools, json_mode
Pricing freshness
- Tier
- standard
- Currency
- USD
- As of
- 2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Pricing history
Tracking Saba pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.
Quickstart — call Saba from your app
curl https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $MISTRAL_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "mistral-saba",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'Official docs: https://docs.mistral.ai/api/
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.mistral.ai/v1",
api_key=os.environ["MISTRAL_API_KEY"],
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mistral-saba",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Official docs: https://docs.mistral.ai/api/
// npm install openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://api.mistral.ai/v1",
apiKey: process.env.MISTRAL_API_KEY,
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "mistral-saba",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);Official docs: https://docs.mistral.ai/api/
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Frequently asked questions
What is Saba?
Saba is a large language model API from Mistral with a 33k-token context window. It costs $0.2 per 1M input tokens and $0.6 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Saba cost?
Saba is priced at $0.2 per 1M input tokens and $0.6 per 1M output tokens via the Mistral API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $0.4.
What is the context window of Saba?
Saba supports up to 33k tokens of context per request — roughly 66 pages of English text or 4096 lines of code at a typical density.
Does Saba support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?
Saba supports tool/function calling and structured JSON mode. It does not support image input (vision).
Who makes Saba?
Saba is built and operated by Mistral. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from Mistral's public catalog.
Can I self-host Saba?
Saba is API-only — its weights are not publicly distributed by Mistral, so it cannot be self-hosted today.