Qwen3.8 Flash vs Mistral Small 4
Qwen3.8 Flash from Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) and Mistral Small 4 from Mistral AI, side by side. Every figure comes from the model registry. No markup on model usage: you pay the provider's list price.
| Attribute |  Qwen3.8 Flash |  Mistral Small 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) | Mistral AI |
| Model id | qwen/qwen3.8-flash | mistral/mistral-small-2603 |
| Status | Available via Safeguard | Available via Safeguard |
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.15 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $0.47 | $0.60 |
| Price notes | International (Singapore), 0 to 1M input tokens. | Standard tier. Cached input $0.015. |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Parameters | Not published | Not published |
| Max output | Not published | Not published |
| Modality | Text | Text and image |
| Weights | Closed | Open |
| Zero data retention | Not stated | Available |
| Prompts go to | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (prices shown are for the Singapore / International deployment) | Mistral AI (global endpoint by default) |
| Retention | Alibaba Cloud states it never uses your data for model training, Model Studio stores data generated from model calls as required by law (no period stated) | Commercial terms: no training on customer data unless opted in, with exceptions, Studio Free mode may train on inputs and outputs (opt-out available), pay-as-you-go can opt out, ZDR available on pay-as-you-go for stateless endpoints |
| Region | Singapore (International) for these prices, other regions such as China (Beijing), Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Virginia and Tokyo have separate price lists | Global by default, optional EU or US regional inference endpoints at 1.1x pricing |
| Price checked | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |
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