points by tokai 13 hours ago | 0 comments
Unrelated to Large 4, but why is it so hard to give money to Mistral? Now they finally have a model that might be worth using, but I cannot for my life figure out how to give them money and be allowed to use their model. Its really shouldn't take more than a couple of clicks to get to a payment option.
edit: I can see that I'm alone in thinking a company should communicate their business offers publicly, sorry for the question.
[–] markild 13 hours ago
[–] smodo 11 hours ago
I agree. I’m a customer out of principle (EU) but they make it hard to find out where to get a subscription and what that gets you. But their 18 eur per month offering is actually good with 255 eur worth of tokens included. Take care though: you need to create a specific kind of API key to avoid being charged for per token use besides your subscription.
This is on par with European stereotypes about French engineering so I’ll just go along with it :)
[–] ctolsen 11 hours ago
Is that "specific kind of API key" something that can be used in any agent, or is it Vibe CLI only?
[–] smodo 9 hours ago
You have to retrieve it through the Vibe interface (I used the CLI) and then you can use it with any harness.
[–] InsideOutSanta 12 hours ago
> I cannot for my life figure out how to give them money
That's because the base offering is free. So you create an account, use it for free, and when you want to pay, click on "Upgrade to Pro."
I've seen some terrible B2B corporate websites that made it impossible to figure out how to give money to a company as a normal person, but I don't think this is one of them.
[–] iSnow 6 hours ago
Fully agree, but I just asked Google Gemini to list Mistral's pricing and plans. Worked.
[–] cl-coder 13 hours ago
Well the Mistral portal is honestly kind of confusing, considering that most people just want to enter CC details and get an API key.. But it's doable!
[–] Muromec 13 hours ago
CC details? We don't do that here, a need a QR code for ideal/wero/whatev, CC are not infra-sovereign enough
[–] maeln 13 hours ago
It's as easy as going to console.mistral.ai no ?
[–] tokai 13 hours ago
Maybe? Its impossible to tell. I'm not going to create a user in the hope that there is a subscription service in there somewhere.
[–] satvikpendem 13 hours ago
> why is it so hard to give money to Mistral?
Maybe your definition of hard is much different than everyone else's...
[–] dannyw 13 hours ago
What digital services do you pay for that don't require sign-up, or an account?
[–] iamjackg 13 hours ago
I searched for "Mistral subscription" on Kagi and this was the first link: https://mistral.ai/pricing/
[–] sisve 13 hours ago
You will not create a user, but want to pay?
There is a subscription in there. I'm paying.
[–] embedding-shape 13 hours ago
What? It seems very doable for people who are interested in it, are you one of those people? Because it sure seems like you're trying your hardest to not find the answer yourself.
Clicked sign in, was presented with a sign up form, got a free account. From there could upgrade to pro plan or pay-as-you-go.
I agree it was perhaps too hidden, but calling it hard is not fair I think.