Is Mistral Medium 3 deprecated or retired?

Yes. Mistral Medium 3 is Deprecated per Mistral's own deprecation notice and shuts down on 2026-08-31. ModelPriceWatch last re-verified this status on 2026-07-25.

When does Mistral Medium 3 shut down?

Mistral has announced Mistral Medium 3 shuts down on 2026-08-31. It remains purchasable until then, but new work should target a current model.

Is Mistral Medium 3 deprecated?

Mistral · lifecycle status verified Jul 25, 2026 against the provider's own notice.

Yes — Mistral Medium 3 is deprecated and shuts down Aug 31, 2026. Still purchasable until then, but Mistral has announced end-of-life. Don't start new work on it.

Last verified pricing

historical reference — not a buy recommendation

Mistral Medium 3 was last priced at $0.400 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 128K-token context window. Full history stays on the Mistral Medium 3 model page.

What replaced Mistral Medium 3?

successor named by Mistral

Mistral's named successorfrom the deprecation notice — not our inference

Model	Input $/M	Output $/M	Context
Mistral Medium 3 Deprecated	$0.400	$2.00	128K
Mistral Medium 3.5	$1.50	$7.50	128K	details →

Picking a replacement

We don't hold a benchmark average for Mistral Medium 3, so we won't claim any model is "equivalent" to it. The current Mistral lineup below is a factual starting point, with no quality-parity claim.

Current Mistral alternatives

same provider, sold today — no parity claim

Model	Input $/M	Output $/M	Context
Ministral 3 3B	$0.100	$0.100	128K	details →
Voxtral Small 24B	$0.100	$0.300	128K	details →
Mistral Small 4	$0.150	$0.600	128K	details →

Migrating off Mistral Medium 3? The migration calculator compares your exact input/output token mix against every current model we track, with benchmark tradeoffs. Lifecycle data on this page comes from Mistral's own notice and was last re-verified on Jul 25, 2026. See all retired & deprecated models.