Le Chat Student (50%+ off Le Chat Pro)
Source: https://help.mistral.ai/en/articles/347553-as-a-student-am-i-eligible-for-a-discount-on-le-chat-pro
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+ 1 Mistral AI's Le Chat Student plan gives verified students all the features of Le Chat Pro at ~53% off — roughly $7.04/month instead of $14.99/month. Verification is automatic for recognized .edu / institutional email domains, with a manual review path available if your school's domain isn't on the list. Renewable each academic year while you stay enrolled.
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+ 3 This is one of the cheapest ways to get a serious frontier-model chatbot subscription if you have any institutional email — no GPA requirements, no SheerID flow, no lengthy application. If your school email auto-resolves, you're paying in under 60 seconds.
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+ 9 1. Go to chat.mistral.ai and sign in (or create an account) — Google, Microsoft, Apple, or email/password all work
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+ 10 2. Navigate to Settings → Subscription (or directly to the Le Chat Plans page)
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+ 11 3. Look for the Student plan card and click Upgrade / Subscribe
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4. Enter your student/institutional email address (e.g. you@university.edu, you@uni.ac.uk, you@uni.fr, etc.)
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+ 13 5. Automatic verification — if your domain is in Mistral's recognized list, you're approved instantly and can complete checkout
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+ 14 6. Manual verification (only if your domain isn't recognized) — click Request email check at the bottom of the page; Mistral's team will manually verify the email is a real institutional address
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+ 15 7. Add a payment method and complete the discounted subscription (~$7.04/month)
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+ 17 Important:
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+ 18 • The only thing being verified is the email itself — Mistral does not accept enrollment certificates, transcripts, or student ID uploads. If your domain is unrecognized AND looks non-institutional, you may be denied.
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+ 19 • Renewal is yearly — you'll need to re-verify each academic year that you're still enrolled.
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+ 20 • You can switch your account email later without losing data — useful when you graduate and need to move off the student plan, or want to try a different institutional email.
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+ 21 • Pricing shown above is in USD; local pricing may vary slightly with currency / VAT.
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+ 27 • Active students at an educational institution
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+ 28 • Must possess a valid student/institutional email address issued by your school
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• Works with .edu (US), .ac.uk (UK), .edu.au (Australia), and most country-specific academic TLDs (.fr university domains, .de uni- domains, etc.) — the recognition list is broad
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+ 31 Who does NOT qualify:
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+ 32 • People with only a personal Gmail/Outlook address (no institutional email = no plan)
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+ 33 • Alumni whose school email was deactivated
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+ 34 • Bootcamp/MOOC students without an issued institutional address
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+ 35 • Faculty/staff (the discount is for students; faculty should contact sales for education pricing)
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+ 41 The Student plan unlocks everything in Le Chat Pro. Compared to the free tier, that means:
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+ 43 FeaturePro/Student vs Free
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+ 44 Chat messages~6x higher daily limit
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+ 45 Web search~5x higher usage
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+ 46 Image generation~40x daily / 15x per 3-hour window
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+ 47 Document upload~20x capacity
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+ 48 Code interpreter~5x daily usage
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+ 49 Library / saved chats~20x access
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+ 50 Document storageUp to 15 GB
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+ 51 ProjectsUp to 1,000 projects
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+ 52 Extended thinking / Deep ResearchMore long-running research reports
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+ 53 Mistral Vibe (coding agent)Included with monthly budget; PAYG beyond
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+ 54 SupportChat and email
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+ 56 Both tools are available: Canvas (collaborative editing) and Think mode (extended reasoning).
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+ 62 Le Chat Pro/Student gives access to Mistral's full lineup, including their highest-performing flagship models. Exact roster shifts as Mistral ships new releases, but the Pro tier always includes the latest frontier models, the cheaper fast models, and Codestral for coding tasks.
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+ 64 Always check the live model picker in Le Chat for the current list — Mistral updates this frequently.
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+ 66 Reference: Mistral pricing page · Le Chat plan comparison
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+ 72 If the auto-detector doesn't recognize your institutional domain (common for smaller schools, regional universities, or newer programs):
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+ 74 1. On the verification screen, scroll to the bottom and click "Request email check"
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+ 75 2. Submit the request — Mistral's team manually reviews whether the domain is a legitimate educational institution
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+ 76 3. Only the email validity is checked — they will NOT review enrollment certificates, transcripts, student ID cards, or any other documents
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+ 77 4. Wait for confirmation (typically a few business days), then return to subscribe
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+ 79 If manual review fails, you have no further recourse beyond using a different institutional email if you have one.
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+ 85 • Global — available wherever Le Chat is offered
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+ 86 • Mistral is EU-headquartered (France) so this is a solid pick if you want a European-jurisdiction AI provider with GDPR-friendly data handling
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+ 87 • Pricing is shown in USD on the pricing page; local currency and VAT applied at checkout
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+ 93 • Compare against alternatives: ChatGPT Plus has free tiers / promotional access for students in some regions; Anthropic's Claude has no formal student discount; xAI offers SuperGrok 2 months free for .edu emails. At ~$7/mo year-round, Le Chat Student is one of the cheapest sustained options.
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+ 94 • Mistralship (Mistral's startup program) is a separate offering with up to ~$30K in API credits for early-stage startups — check that if you're building something, not just chatting.
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• API vs Le Chat: This discount is for the Le Chat consumer app only. It does NOT include free Mistral API tokens (api.mistral.ai). If you want API access, you'll still pay per-token API rates.
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+ 96 • Cancel anytime — subscription is monthly, so you can downgrade to Free without losing your account or chats.
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+ 97 • When you graduate and lose your institutional email, switch the account email under Settings before your next renewal — otherwise the next renewal will fail and you'll drop back to Free.
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+ 101 Sources:
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+ 102 • Mistral Help Center: Student discount on Le Chat Pro
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+ 103 • Mistral Help Center: Le Chat Free vs Pro vs Team vs Enterprise
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+ 104 • Mistral AI Pricing
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+ 105 • Le Chat
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