Model Details
About
Mistral: Codestral 2508 is a chat model built by Mistral. It accepts up to 256K tokens of context per request. Routed through external models — ~472 tokens per message (50% markup over upstream cost).
Use via API
curl https://api.free.ai/v1/chat/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
-d '{"model":"mistralai/codestral-2508"}'
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FAQ
Mistral: Codestral 2508 is a chat model built by Mistral. It accepts up to 256K tokens of context per request. Routed through external models — ~472 tokens per message (50% markup over upstream cost).
Mistral: Codestral 2508 works well for general conversation, writing assistance, brainstorming, code help, and analysis. Try the sample prompts above to see its style.
About 472 tokens per average message. Free accounts get a 30,000-token daily pool that covers self-hosted chat; premium models are pay-as-you-go, with token top-ups from $1.
It depends on the task. /chat/compare/ lets you send the same prompt to Mistral: Codestral 2508 and any other model side-by-side - comparison is the fastest way to decide.
Yes. Outputs are yours - Free.ai does not claim rights to anything you generate.
256,000 tokens.
Replies stream token-by-token within ~1 second. Total response time depends on length and model size - small models stream faster, frontier models trade speed for depth.
Yes. Signed-in users see every chat in /account/?tab=history. You can also share a one-link copy of any conversation via the Share button.
Free.ai does not train models on your conversations. Self-hosted models stay on our GPUs. Premium models route to the upstream provider for inference.
Yes. POST to /v1/chat/ with model="mistralai/codestral-2508" and a messages array. Streaming SSE is supported. Full reference: /api/.
Mistral: Codestral 2508 is a premium model served by an external provider, so self-hosting is not available. Free.ai exposes it through token-based pricing.
Free accounts get a 30,000-token daily pool. When that runs out, token top-ups start at $1, pay-as-you-go - no subscription required.
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What is Mistral: Codestral 2508?
Mistral: Codestral 2508 is a chat model built by Mistral. It accepts up to 256K tokens of context per request. Routed through external models — ~472 tokens per message (50% markup over upstream cost).
Why use Mistral: Codestral 2508 for chat?
Streaming responses
Replies stream token-by-token within ~1 second of pressing Send. No idle waiting.
Saved history
Signed-in users see every chat in /account/?tab=history with one-click share links.
Compare side by side
Send the same prompt to up to 4 models at /chat/compare/ and judge the outputs side by side.
Commercial use OK
Outputs are yours. Use them in apps, ads, docs, or anything else without attribution.
Sample prompts
Pricing
Premium chat. Cost is per message - typically ~472 tokens, shown live before you send. Self-hosted chat runs free on your 30,000-token daily pool; premium models are pay-as-you-go, with top-ups from $1.
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