How much does Codestral cost?

Codestral is available on the free tier at no token cost — create an API key and start building. Paid plans add higher rate limits.

What can Codestral do?

Codestral is Mistralai's chat model, accessible through the Api.Airforce API.

Is Codestral free to use?

Yes — Codestral is on the free tier. You can use it with an Api.Airforce API key at no cost.

How do I use Codestral via the API?

Codestral is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID codestral-2508 with your Api.Airforce API key.

Codestral is Mistralai's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.

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Codestral

API model name: codestral-2508

Codestral is Mistralai's chat model, served on the Api.Airforce unified API. It is available on the free tier at no per-token cost. Access it through the OpenAI-compatible API with one key, alongside 100+ other models on Api.Airforce.

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Pricing

Input / 1M tokens

Free

Output / 1M tokens

Free

Specifications

Provider: Mistralai
Type: chat model

What is Codestral used for?

Chatbots & assistants — conversational AI, drafting, summarizing and Q&A.

Codestral vs. similar models

Model	Intelligence	Context	Input / 1M	Output / 1M
Codestral	—	—	Free	Free
Codestral Latest	—	—	Free	Free
Devstral	—	—	Free	Free
Devstral Latest	—	—	Free	Free

Prices are Api.Airforce pay-as-you-go rates per 1M tokens. Context is the maximum input length.

Codestral — frequently asked questions

How much does Codestral cost?: Codestral is available on the free tier at no token cost — create an API key and start building. Paid plans add higher rate limits.
What can Codestral do?: Codestral is Mistralai's chat model, accessible through the Api.Airforce API.
Is Codestral free to use?: Yes — Codestral is on the free tier. You can use it with an Api.Airforce API key at no cost.
How do I use Codestral via the API?: Codestral is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID codestral-2508 with your Api.Airforce API key.
Who makes Codestral?: Codestral is Mistralai's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.

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Use Codestral via the API

OpenAI-compatible — point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass codestral-2508 as the model.

cURL

curl https://api.airforce/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIRFORCE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "codestral-2508",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
  }'

Python

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.airforce/v1", api_key="$AIRFORCE_API_KEY")
r = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="codestral-2508",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(r.choices[0].message.content)

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.airforce/v1", apiKey: process.env.AIRFORCE_API_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "codestral-2508",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);