Mistral Vibe is a chat, coding, research and image assistant from Mistral AI, sold on a Free plan plus paid Pro and Team tiers, with a contact-only Enterprise tier above them. What decides whether it suits you is how much of its agent and long-horizon coding work you need, since that arrives only from the Pro plan up, while the Free plan's messages, web searches and coding sessions are all limited.
What is Mistral Vibe?
Mistral Vibe was previously called Le Chat. It is made by Mistral AI, a French company incorporated in Paris. Vibe runs on the web, on iOS and Android, and also ships a CLI and IDE extensions for VS Code, JetBrains and Zed.
What you can do with Mistral Vibe
The models behind Vibe are Mistral's own, with none from other companies: Mistral Medium for most tasks and coding, Mistral Small for cost-sensitive work, OCR for documents, and Voxtral for audio and speech.
Web search and image generation are both available from the Free plan, though usage is limited there; the Free plan also includes $10 a month in Studio API credits. Deep research searches the web, internal documents and connected tools to compile a sourced analysis on a topic.
Voice input is powered by Voxtral. Vibe can also generate and run tests matched to your existing code patterns and frameworks, though the Free plan's coding sessions are limited. Agents and long-horizon tasks, including all-day coding, are reserved for the Pro plan and up.
An optional Memories feature lets Vibe remember details about you from past conversations, and you can ask it directly to save or forget something. Work is organized into project folders, with up to 1,000 available.
Vibe connects to more than 100 tools in total, including email, calendar, Slack, GitHub and Jira, with full MCP compatibility for custom connectors.
Working with other people
The Team plan adds a secure, collaborative workspace for teams building with Vibe. Mistral also sells a developer API as a separate product. SAML single sign-on is available on the Enterprise plan.
Mistral Vibe pricing: what each plan gives
The Free plan costs nothing and gives limited messages, web searches and coding sessions, along with image generation, 100+ connectors and $10 a month in Studio API credits.
Pro costs $14.99 a month and gives full access to Vibe for all-day coding and long-running agent tasks, with up to 6 times the Free plan's messages, up to 5 times its web searches, and up to 40 times its image generations. Verified students can get Pro for $5.99 a month. Team costs $24.99 a month per user and adds the secure collaborative workspace. Enterprise is sold by contact only and adds custom models, custom agents, custom workflows, audit logs, SAML single sign-on and white labeling.
Privacy and security
Mistral uses your input and output to train its models by default on the Free, Pro and Team plans, subject to an opt-out. Mistral is SOC 2 Type II certified, and also holds ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certification. It prioritises service providers within the EU that adhere to the GDPR.
Chat and email support are available from the Pro plan up; a help center is open to everyone.
Who Mistral Vibe suits
Mistral Vibe suits people who want a European AI assistant for chat, coding, research and image generation, and who are willing to pay for agent tasks and long-horizon coding once the Free plan's limits are reached.
It suits less well anyone who wants agent tasks or all-day coding without upgrading, or anyone uncomfortable with their input and output training the model by default, since that requires an active opt-out.
How Mistral compares
Mistral scores 8.5 out of 10 among the AI assistants we rate. These three do the same job and are the closest to it, compared on what each vendor publishes.
Perplexity
Mistral's Pro plan multiplies your image generation allowance up to 40 times over Free; Perplexity makes images too. Mistral's cheapest paid plan is $14.99 a month against Perplexity's $20, and Mistral includes a team workspace without needing an enterprise plan, while Perplexity keeps Pro and Max for individual use only. Both hold GDPR compliance and let you opt out of training on your data.
Pick Perplexity if you want desktop apps as well as web and phone.
Pick Mistral if you want a lower price and a team workspace without enterprise.
ChatGPT
ChatGPT runs on 5 platforms against Mistral's 3, though Mistral also ships a CLI and IDE extensions for VS Code, JetBrains and Zed outside that count. Mistral's cheapest paid plan is $14.99 a month with full access already included; ChatGPT's $8 a month Go plan costs less but mainly raises usage limits instead of unlocking its top models. Mistral holds SOC 2; ChatGPT reserves SOC 2 for Business and Enterprise only. Both give teams a shared workspace.
Pick ChatGPT if you want more platforms covered and a cheaper entry price.
Pick Mistral if you want full access included on the cheapest paid plan.
Grok
Grok's cheapest paid plan is $10 a month against Mistral's $14.99, and Grok already includes chat, images and its Build agent on the free tier. Grok holds SOC 2 on every plan, including Free; Mistral also holds SOC 2, alongside ISO 27001 and ISO 27701. Both run on 3 platforms and give teams a shared workspace, with opt-out training on both sides.
Pick Grok if you want the cheaper plan with full access already included.
Pick Mistral if you want ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 alongside SOC 2.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Mistral Vibe cost?
The Free plan costs nothing but limits messages, web searches and coding sessions. Pro costs $14.99 a month, and Team costs $24.99 a month per user; Enterprise is sold by contact only.
Which models does Mistral Vibe use?
Mistral's own models, with none from other companies: Mistral Medium for most tasks and coding, Mistral Small for cost-sensitive work, OCR for documents, and Voxtral for audio.
Does Mistral Vibe include agent tasks?
Agents and long-horizon tasks, including all-day coding, are reserved for the Pro plan and up; the Free plan's coding sessions are limited.
Does Mistral Vibe train on my data?
Yes, by default, across the Free, Pro and Team plans, subject to an opt-out.
