Mistral AIvsPerplexity
Score Comparison
Signals Comparison
Mistral AI
- High hallucination rate approaching 50%(9/10)
- Responses are condensed and lack creativity(5/10)
- API occasionally produces gibberish output(5/10)
Perplexity
- Secretly downgrading models without user knowledge(8/10)
- Citations appear rigorous but often misleading(7/10)
- Fabricates claims and cites sources that don't support them(7/10)
- Model switch caused 'massive intellectual downgrade'(6/10)
Mistral AI
- Customer support is nearly impossible to reach(8/10)
Perplexity
- Customer support is essentially non-existent(8/10)
Mistral AI
- Unused credits vanish at month end(7/10)
- Open-source reputation masks proprietary reality(6/10)
Perplexity
- Surprise double billing and subscription nightmares(9/10)
- Pro limits cut 97% after promising unlimited(8/10)
- Non-refundable policy with unreasonably short window(6/10)
- Enterprise pricing extremely high(5/10)
Mistral AI
- Misleading feature promises after subscription(7/10)
- 128K context window too small for documents(6/10)
- Le Chat less customizable than ChatGPT(5/10)
- Vague sources reduce research credibility(6/10)
Perplexity
- Cannot find all sources, links to wrong pages(6/10)
- Spaces lack collaboration features(5/10)
- Not suitable for creative content generation(5/10)
Mistral AI
- Reasoning model gets stuck in infinite loops(8/10)
- Codestral struggles with multi-file coordination(6/10)
Perplexity
- Responses occasionally slow or generic(5/10)
Mistral AI
- Steep technical learning curve for deployment(6/10)
Perplexity
No signals
Mistral AI
- Limited ecosystem compared to OpenAI(5/10)
Perplexity
No signals
Mistral AI
- Vision models failed critical safety tests(10/10)
Perplexity
- Multiple copyright lawsuits from major publishers(8/10)
- Ignores robots.txt and scraping restrictions(6/10)
Pricing Comparison
Mistral AI
Users: 1 user
Storage: Limited
Limits: Lower message limits, Basic features only, No team collaboration, No enterprise security
Users: 1 user
Storage: 15GB document storage
Limits: No team features, No SSO, No audit logs, Personal use focus
Users: Per user
Storage: Shared team storage
Limits: No SSO, No custom deployment, Limited enterprise features
Users: Unlimited
Storage: Custom
Limits: Requires sales contact, Long procurement process, Minimum contract requirements
Users: Unlimited
Storage: N/A
Limits: Least capable model, Limited reasoning, Basic tasks only
Users: Unlimited
Storage: N/A
Limits: Closed model (not open-weight), API access only
Perplexity
Users: 1 user
Storage: Limited
Limits: Limited daily queries, No Pro Search, No file uploads, No Spaces collaboration
Users: 1 user
Storage: File uploads included
Limits: No team features, No SSO, Limited collaboration in Spaces
Users: 1 student/educator
Storage: Same as Pro
Limits: Only for verified students/educators
Users: Per seat
Storage: Team storage
Limits: No SSO, Limited customization, Support may still be chatbot-based
Users: Per seat
Storage: Enhanced storage
Limits: Extremely expensive, Support promises don't match reality based on reviews
Users: Unlimited
Storage: N/A
Limits: Basic tier only, Enterprise features require higher plans
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Mistral AI | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | ||
| Open-weight models Apache 2.0 for Mistral 3, not all models | ||
| Self-hosting option Full infrastructure control | ||
| Core | ||
| Cited sources Every answer includes citations | ||
| Development | ||
| API access La Plateforme, usage-based pricing | ||
| Code generation Codestral, single-file focus | ||
| Search | ||
| Pro Search Multi-step reasoning, Pro plan | ||
| Deep Research Limits cut 97% for some users | ||
| Consumer | ||
| Web chat interface Le Chat, less polished than ChatGPT | ||
| Mobile app Limited features vs browser | ||
| Documents | ||
| File uploads Pro plan and above | ||
| Collaboration | ||
| Spaces Limited - no notes/comments | ||
| Multimodal | ||
| Image generation Limited, feature promises sometimes misleading | ||
| Research | ||
| Web search Vague sourcing reported | ||
| Enterprise | ||
| Team collaboration Team and Enterprise plans | ||
| SSO/SAML Enterprise plan only | ||
| Audit logs Enterprise plan only | ||
| Enterprise SSO Enterprise plans only | ||
| Models | ||
| Multiple AI models GPT-4, Claude access in Pro | ||
| Generation | ||
| Creative writing Retrieval-first, not generation | ||
| Privacy | ||
| EU data handling French company, GDPR compliant | ||