Usage and budget

Every call your agents make to Mistral is counted as it happens: tokens in (what the agent reads), tokens out (what it writes) and an estimated cost. The top bar always shows this week’s cost; click it to open the Usage page.

The Usage page

• This week and This month: cost, tokens in and out, and runs (a run is a task that called Mistral at least once). Totals include tasks that are still running.
• Last 31 days: one bar per day; hover a bar for the day and its cost.
• By agent: each agent’s cost this week and this month. Deleted agents’ usage stays, on one Deleted agents line; renaming an agent keeps its history.

Weeks start on Monday at 00:00 and months on the 1st, both in your time zone.

The cost is an estimate

Felix computes it from the token counts at the prices your administrator configured. Mistral bills your key directly: your Mistral invoice is the reference.

Weekly budget

Under Weekly budget, enter an amount in USD (from $0.01 to $10,000, at most two decimals) and press Save budget. Felix then warns you when this week’s cost reaches 75 %, 90 % and 100 % of it:

• the top-bar meter shows $1.18 of $1.50 with a thin bar (amber from 75 %, red from 90 %);
• a banner appears under the top bar on every page. Dismiss hides that level for the rest of the week; the next level, or the next week, shows a banner again.

A budget only warns: it never stops or slows your agents. Remove budget stops the warnings.

Spending less

• Start a New session when you switch topics: every step re-reads the conversation.
• Point agents at the exact page or file they need; very large web pages are expensive to read.
• Keep frequent routines specific, and start new sessions for them now and then.