Side-by-side comparison of Mistral Nemo (Mistral AI · France) and Mistral Small (Mistral AI · France) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Mistral Nemo is rated EU-ready; Mistral Small is EU-ready. They part ways on commercial use: Mistral Nemo is "Unrestricted", Mistral Small is "Yes".
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| Summary | ||
| Verdict | EU-ready A 12B model from Paris-based Mistral AI, co-trained with NVIDIA and shipped under Apache 2.0 with a 128k context window and strong coverage of major EU languages. EU-headquartered vendor plus a fully permissive licence make this one of the cleanest open-weight choices for organisations prioritising AI Act and GDPR alignment, with the main caveat being the usual lack of detail on the training corpus. | EU-ready Best-in-class permissive licence from an EU vendor. Apache 2.0 means no usage caps, no royalty, no revocation risk. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-05-19 | 2026-04-15 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | Unrestricted | Yes |
| Training data | Undisclosed corpus | Partial |
| Origin | EU (France) | EU |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | — | 13/100 |
| Speed | — | 152 tok/s |
| Blended price | — | $0.15/M |
| Context window | — | — |
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