Mistral Nemo alternatives
Match · Updated July 2026
The closest alternative to Mistral Nemo is Mistral Medium 3.5 — comparable intelligence (29.9 vs —); for a cheaper option, North Mini Code (free) runs Free/M vs $0.019/M; and the best open-weight substitute is Kimi K3.
Closest match
Cheaper alternatives
north-mini-code:free
Free/M input · 19.8 intel
nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:free
Free/M input · 14.9 intel
gpt-oss-20b:free
Free/M input · 14.9 intel
ling-2.6-flash
$0.010/M input · 14.1 intel
ling-3.0-flash:free
Free/M input · — intel
laguna-s-2.1:free
Free/M input · — intel
Open-source alternatives
kimi-k3
57.1 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
glm-5.2
51.1 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
minimax-m3
44.4 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
minimax-m3:batch
44.4 intel · open weights · 524K ctx
deepseek-v4-pro
44.3 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
kimi-k2.6
44.2 intel · open weights · 262K ctx
Frequently asked
What is the best alternative to Mistral Nemo?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the closest alternative to Mistral Nemo, with an Intelligence Index of 29.9 (Mistral Nemo scores —) at $1.50 per million input tokens.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Mistral Nemo?
Yes — North Mini Code (free) costs Free per million input tokens versus $0.019 for Mistral Nemo, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
Is there an open-source alternative to Mistral Nemo?
Kimi K3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Mistral Nemo — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 57.1 on intelligence.