Claude vs Mistral Vibe

Claude

• Writing, analysis and coding help in one assistant
• Developers who want a coding agent included in their subscription
• Teams of 2 to 150 that need SSO and central billing

Mistral Vibe

• People who want a chat assistant and a coding agent in one subscription
• Students: verified students pay $5.99 a month for Pro
• Organizations that need on-premises or private-cloud deployment

Claude

• Usage is capped in rolling five-hour sessions on every plan, and paid plans add weekly limits.
• Projects, Research, Claude Code and the Chrome and Microsoft 365 extensions are not in the Free plan.
• Enterprise bills usage at API rates on top of the seat price, and the Max 20x tier has no price on the pricing page.
• Payments are generally non-refundable, listed prices exclude tax, and the Linux desktop app is in beta.

Mistral Vibe

• The Free plan has limited messages, web searches and coding sessions; the pricing page does not give the exact numbers.
• Team needs at least 2 users at $24.99 per user / month. Audit logs, SAML SSO and white labeling are Enterprise only.
• Listed prices exclude taxes, and the pricing page shows monthly billing only. The US App Store also lists Vibe Pro at $149.99 with no period stated.
• No desktop app is listed: Vibe runs on the web, iOS and Android, with a CLI and IDE plugins for coding.

Claude

Chat for writing, analysis and code

Write and edit content, generate code and visualize data in a conversation on the web, in desktop apps or on mobile.

Files, code execution and Artifacts

Claude can create files, run code and present generated content as Artifacts. All three are part of the Free plan.

Web search and Research

Web search is available on every plan. Research, for longer investigations, is listed with the paid plans.

Memory and Projects

Memory carries context across conversations on every plan. Projects, which organize chats and documents, start with Pro.

Connectors

Connect apps and tools such as Slack and Google Workspace, or add other context and tools through remote MCP connectors.

Claude Code

A coding agent for the terminal, VS Code and JetBrains. It is included in all paid plans and draws on the same usage pool as chat.

Mistral Vibe

Chat with web search

Answers questions and searches the web, with an option to fetch verified news content. Pro raises the limits to as much as 6x the Free plan's messages.

Deep research

Searches the web, internal documents and connected tools to compile sourced analysis on a focused topic.

Canvas and document creation

Creates and edits documents, presentations, code and mockups, and can turn research and data into PDFs, decks, briefs and reports.

Vibe for code

A coding agent for the terminal, VS Code and JetBrains plugins, and remote agents in isolated sandboxes. Teleport hands a session between your machine and a remote agent.

Connectors and MCP

Works with 100+ tools, including email, calendar, Slack, GitHub and Jira, through connectors, and can connect to any remote MCP server.

Task scheduling

Schedules prompts, agents or workflows to run at set times: up to 5 on Free, and unlimited on Pro and Team subject to fair usage limits.

Claude

• Free$0

  Chat on web, desktop and mobile, with web search, file creation, code execution, memory, connectors and Artifacts.

• Pro$17

  per month, billed annually ($200 up front)

  More usage, Projects, Research, Claude Code, task scheduling, more models and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365. $20 if billed monthly.

• Team$20

  per seat / month, billed annually

  For teams of 2 to 150, with SSO and central billing. $25 if billed monthly. Premium seats with 5x more usage are $100, or $125 monthly.

• Enterprise$20

  per seat / month, billed annually, plus usage at API rates

  Team features plus spend limits, role-based access, SCIM, audit logs, a compliance API and custom data retention.

• MaxFrom $100

  per month

  Everything in Pro with a choice of 5x or 20x more usage, higher output limits, early access to features and priority at busy times.

Mistral Vibe

• Free$0

  Limited messages, web searches and coding sessions, up to 5 scheduled tasks, image generation and $10 a month in API credits.

• Pro$14.99

  per month, excluding taxes

  Up to 6x the Free plan's messages and 5x its web searches, up to 15GB of libraries, all-day coding in the CLI, IDE or web, and chat and email support.

• Team$24.99

  per user / month, excluding taxes; minimum 2 users

  A shared workspace with up to 30GB of storage per user, domain name verification and data export.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Private deployments with custom models, agents and workflows, plus audit logs, SAML SSO and white labeling.

Claude

• Annual discount

  Lower price with annual billing

  Pro is $17 per month on an annual subscription ($200 billed up front) instead of $20 billed monthly. Team seats are $20 instead of $25, and premium seats $100 instead of $125.

• Nonprofit

  Nonprofit Team pricing from $3 per user

  Registered 501(c)(3) organizations, their international equivalents and K-12 schools can get the Team plan for $8 per user / month, or $3 in low- or middle-income countries.

• Education

  University-wide Education plan

  Anthropic offers institutions a university-wide plan covering students, faculty and staff at discounted rates, arranged through its Education team.

• Startups

  Startup program with API credits

  Venture-backed startups founded within the last four years can apply for free credits and priority rate limits. Credits apply to the Claude API, not to chat subscriptions.

Mistral Vibe

• Education

  Pro for $5.99 a month for students

  Verified students at accredited higher-education institutions get Pro for $5.99 a month instead of $14.99, for up to 12 months, if they have not used Vibe or Le Chat before.