Free mode in Mistral Studio (formerly the Experiment plan) enables API access with no credit card; limits are shown in the console, and inputs may train models unless you opt out.
Verified ·Oct 15, 2026
Free allowance
What the free plan includes, as the provider states it.
No verified numeric limits for this plan: the provider publishes none, or only in a form we can't check.
The fine print
Each verdict links to the quote it rests on.
- Free for
- As long as you stay within the limits
- At the limit
- Anything over the limit is refused until the next period
- Spending cap
- None needed: the free plan cannot bill you
- Idle projects
- No pause rule documented
- Data retention
- No deletion rule documented
- Card at sign-up
- Not requiredThe current quickstart lists only a Mistral account as a prerequisite and does not mention phone verification.
- Identity check
- Not documented
- Commercial use
- Not statedMistral's help center says Free mode limits are intended for evaluation and prototyping. Opt out of training under Admin panel > Privacy. Per-model free limits are shown only in the console.
- Training on your inputs
- Used unless you opt out
- Mainland China
- BlockedGreatFire finds every tested URL under mistral.ai blocked (DNS poisoning is among the methods), among them https://mistral.ai and test URLs on console.mistral.ai and auth.mistral.ai.
- Sign-up regions
- No restrictions documented
- Quotas apply per
- Organization
Alternatives
Other free plans for the same need, ranked by the same neutral rules.
Changes
- CorrectionBreaking
Worse: Mainland China reachability corrected: not verified → blocked
- Correction
Worse: Behaviour at the limit corrected: slowed down → requests refused
- Oct 15, 2026
- Awaiting review
- Free mode