Self-hosting and data control
Choose Aya Vision 32B
Aya Vision 32B has open weights, so you can run it on your own servers; Mistral Medium 3 is only available through its provider.
Aya Vision 32B vs Mistral Medium 3: price, context and capabilities
Choose Aya Vision 32B for self-hosting and data control and images as input. Choose Mistral Medium 3 for the latest release.
In short
- Mistral Medium 3 has been retired; Aya Vision 32B is the one you can still call.
- A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
- Mistral Medium 3 is the newer model (May 2025, against March 2025).
- Only Aya Vision 32B offers vision, self-hostable.
Which should you choose?
Each answer below comes straight from the published prices, specifications and independent benchmark results.
Images as input
Choose Aya Vision 32B
Aya Vision 32B accepts images as input; Mistral Medium 3 does not.
Latest release
Choose Mistral Medium 3
Mistral Medium 3 is the newer release (May 2025, against March 2025 for Aya Vision 32B).
Specifications side by side
| Aya Vision 32B | Mistral Medium 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Category | Language models | Language models |
| Status | Generally available | Retired |
| Headline price | No data | No data |
| Input | No data | No data |
| Output | No data | No data |
| Cached input | No data | No data |
| Context window | 16k | No data |
| Max output | No data | No data |
| Released | March 2025 | May 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| Licence | Open weights | Proprietary |
| Capabilities | Vision, Self-hostable | No data |
| API model id | c4ai-aya-vision-32b | mistral-medium-2505 |
Frequently asked questions
Should I choose Aya Vision 32B or Mistral Medium 3?
Choose Aya Vision 32B for self-hosting and data control and images as input. Choose Mistral Medium 3 for the latest release.
Which is cheaper, Aya Vision 32B or Mistral Medium 3?
A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
What is the difference between Aya Vision 32B and Mistral Medium 3?
Aya Vision 32B is made by Cohere and Mistral Medium 3 by Mistral AI. Mistral Medium 3 has been retired; Aya Vision 32B is the one you can still call. A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price. Mistral Medium 3 is the newer model (May 2025, against March 2025). Only Aya Vision 32B offers vision, self-hostable.
Which is newer, Aya Vision 32B or Mistral Medium 3?
Mistral Medium 3 was released on May 2025 and Aya Vision 32B on March 2025.