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Updated Sep 2025

Mistral Medium 3vsSonoma Sky Alpha

Sonoma Sky Alpha is cheaper than Mistral Medium 3 at $0/M vs $0.4/M input tokens.

Mistral Medium 3 and Sonoma Sky Alpha compared across 35 shared prompts
SpecMistral Medium 3Sonoma Sky Alpha
Input price$0.4/M tokensFree
Output price$2/M tokensFree
Context window131K tokens2.0M tokens
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMay 2025Sep 2025
Our Verdict
Sonoma Sky Alpha
Sonoma Sky Alpha
Mistral Medium 3
Mistral Medium 3Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Sonoma Sky Alpha has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

Sonoma Sky Alpha wins Image Generation and Web Design.

Slight edge

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Mistral Medium 3
Input
$0.40
Output
$2.00
Sonoma Sky Alpha
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Where to run it

1 host

Mistral Medium 31 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Mistral$0.40 in·$2.00 out·131k·99.9% up
Sonoma Sky Alpha

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 11 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
33%

Mistral Medium 3 uses 4.4x more bold

Mistral Medium 3
Sonoma Sky Alpha
55%Vocabulary62%
18wSentence Length16w
0.75Hedging0.41
7.0Bold1.6
5.2Lists2.8
0.23Emoji0.13
1.11Headings1.42
0.16Transitions0.06
Based on 28 + 14 text responses
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