Le Chat
Mistral's assistant runs its own open and commercial models with EU data residency, positioned as the sovereign alternative for European enterprises.
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Le Chat vs DeepSeek
Le Chat (Mistral) and DeepSeek (DeepSeek) both sit in Writing. DeepSeek shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (11 vs 6). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Le Chat Mistral | DeepSeek DeepSeek |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Writing | Writing |
| Version | Le Chat | DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 |
| Entry cost | Free tier available for personal tasks; Pro and Team plans available under Vibe branding. | Pay-as-you-go API pricing (not fully detailed in text). Free tier or flat-rate seats not specified. |
| Pricing tiers | Free free | Pay-as-you-go API free |
| Model stack | Magistral · Mistral Large · Mistral Large 3 · Mistral Large 4 · Mistral Medium · Mistral Medium 3.5 · Mistral OCR 4 · Mistral Small · Mistral Small 4 · OCR · OCR 4 · OCR 4.1 · Voxtral · Voxtral TTS | deepseek-flash · DeepSeek-R1 · DeepSeek-V3.2 · deepseek-v4-flash · DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 · DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp · DeepSeek-V4-Pro · DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 · DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash · DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 |
| Context window | 256K | 1000000 |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 6 | 11 |
| Origin | EU | China |
| Capabilities | EU data residency, Open-weight lineage, Deep research, Code interpreter, Connectors, Web searches, Voice mode, Canvas | Reasoning mode, Open weights (MIT), OpenAI-compatible API, Context caching, Function calling, Thinking Mode, Context Caching, JSON Output |
DeepSeek
Hangzhou lab whose V and R series models are released under permissive licences and undercut Western API pricing by an order of magnitude.
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