Sonar Pro vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Sonar Pro comes from Perplexity and Mistral Medium 3.1 from Mistral. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Mistral Medium 3.1 is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $0.40 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Sonar Pro | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Perplexity | Mistral |
| Model ID | sonar-pro | mistral-medium-latest |
| Context window | 128K | 128K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input price | $3.00 / 1M tokens | $0.40 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $15.00 / 1M tokens | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
| Input types | text, image, file | text, image, file, audio |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | Premium | Free |
Which should you use?
Pick Mistral Medium 3.1 when…
- Cost matters: input runs at $0.40 / 1M tokens versus $3.00 / 1M tokens.
- You want longer single responses — up to 8K output tokens.
- You need audio input, which the other model does not accept.
- You are on the free plan — this model is included without an upgrade.
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Try both on Clade
You do not have to choose. One Clade subscription gives you Sonar Pro, Mistral Medium 3.1, and every other model on the platform.