Valid for up to 12 months for verified students at accredited higher institutions. Only available if you haven't used Vibe (or Le Chat) before. Subject to fair usage limits.

Free API tier (separate from student discount): sign up at console.mistral.ai — no CC, phone verification only. 1 billion tokens/month free across all models incl. Mistral Large 3 (256k, vision), Small 4, Medium 3.5 and Devstral 2. OpenAI-compatible — plug into Cursor, Continue.dev, Aider or any tool at api.mistral.ai/v1.

Rate limit is 2 req/min — ideal for batch tasks and personal projects, not real-time apps. Free tier data may be used for model training by default; opt out in console Privacy settings. Vibe chat UI also has a free plan forever with limited daily messages, image gen and coding sessions.