Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for input tokens while Voxtral Small 24B 2507 costs $0.1 per 1M tokens.
API cost decision in 10 seconds
Lyria 3 Pro Preview vs Voxtral Small 24B 2507
Pick Lyria 3 Pro Preview when budget and context both matter.
Pricing data updated:
Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens
Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output
Budget verdict
Pick Lyria 3 Pro Preview when budget and context both matter.
On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Lyria 3 Pro Preview is estimated at $0 vs $0.25 for Voxtral Small 24B 2507, saving $0.25 (100% lower).
Cost-first pickLyria 3 Pro Preview
Context-first pickLyria 3 Pro Preview
Sample savings$0.25100%
10x traffic gap$2.5
Lyria 3 Pro Preview is cheaper on the standard workload and also has the larger context window. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $2.5. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.
Cost sensitivity
Workload Sensitivity
Lyria 3 Pro Preview stays cheaper across input-heavy, balanced, and output-heavy sample workloads.
| Workload shape | Token mix | Better pick | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | Voxtral Small 24B 2507 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input-heavy / RAG | 5M input + 500K output | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | $0 | $0.65 |
| Balanced workload | 1M input + 1M output | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | $0 | $0.4 |
| Output-heavy chatbot | 1M input + 5M output | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | $0 | $1.6 |
Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for output tokens while Voxtral Small 24B 2507 costs $0.3 per 1M tokens.
Lyria 3 Pro Preview has 1.02M more context (32.8x larger).
Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for the standard workload while the other model is estimated at $0.25.
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Your Workload Cost
This estimate uses normalized public API pricing per 1M tokens. It is a planning aid, not a billing quote. Verify provider pricing, limits, and terms before production use.
Quick Decision
Lyria 3 Pro Preview has the lower input price; Lyria 3 Pro Preview has the lower output price; Lyria 3 Pro Preview offers the larger context window. For the 1M input plus 500K output sample, Lyria 3 Pro Preview is cheaper for the standard workload.
For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $0 for Lyria 3 Pro Preview and $0.25 for Voxtral Small 24B 2507.
Choose Lyria 3 Pro Preview when you care most about lower input-token price, lower output-token price, and larger context window.
Choose Voxtral Small 24B 2507 when its provider, model quality, latency, or availability is more important than the numeric price/context winner.
- On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Lyria 3 Pro Preview is estimated at $0 vs $0.25 for Voxtral Small 24B 2507, saving $0.25 (100% lower).
- Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for the standard workload while the other model is estimated at $0.25.
- Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for input tokens while Voxtral Small 24B 2507 costs $0.1 per 1M tokens.
- Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for output tokens while Voxtral Small 24B 2507 costs $0.3 per 1M tokens.
- Lyria 3 Pro Preview has 1.02M more context (32.8x larger).
| Feature | Lyria 3 Pro Preview (Google) | Voxtral Small 24B 2507 (Mistral) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price prompt tokens per 1M | $0 | $0.1 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $0 | $0.3 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $0 | $0.25 |
| Context Window | 1.05M | 32K |
| Release Date |
Use-Case Decision Matrix
| Use case | Better pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Budget-constrained production | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Lyria 3 Pro Preview is estimated at $0 vs $0.25 for Voxtral Small 24B 2507, saving $0.25 (100% lower). |
| High-volume input processing | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | Lower prompt-token price matters most when prompts, retrieved passages, or documents dominate the bill. |
| Long responses and chatbots | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | Lower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens. |
| RAG or long-document work | Lyria 3 Pro Preview | A larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages, conversation history, or source files. |
Related Alternatives
- Mistral Nemo can replace Voxtral Small 24B 2507 when lower sample workload cost matters most: $0.04.
- Mistral Small 3 can replace Voxtral Small 24B 2507 when lower sample workload cost matters most: $0.09.
- Ministral 3 3B 2512 can replace Voxtral Small 24B 2507 when lower sample workload cost matters most: $0.15.
- Mistral Small 3.2 24B can replace Voxtral Small 24B 2507 when lower sample workload cost matters most: $0.17.
- Llama 4 Scout offers 10M context with $0.23 sample workload cost.
- Owl Alpha offers 1.05M context with $0 sample workload cost.
- No popular competitor is currently available.
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