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by mark_l_watson 58 days ago
I like the idea of Mistral, but the last time I evaluated Mistral Vibe it was really nice for $15/month but not as effective as Gemini Plus with AntiGravity and gemini-cli. I am currently running Gemini Ultra on a 3 month 'special deal' and AntiGravity with Opus 4.7 tokens is pretty much fantastic.

That said, when I stop spending money on Gemini Ultra, I will give Mistral Vibe another 1-month test.

I like the entire business model and vibe of Mistral so much more than OpenAI/Anthropic/Google but I also have stuff to get done. I am curious if Mistral Vibe for $15/month is a stable business model (i.e., can they make a profit).

2 comments

How do you feel about the responsiveness of gemini-cli? I tried it on a paid plan and the 10-minute hang-ups (per step, not the whole plan execution) really break the illusion of performance gains, unless you run it in the background and do something else in the meantime. It's more noticeable when Americans are awake.
it is usually fast, but if gemini-cli or any other coding agent is sluggish I quit using it for a while.
I'm testing it right now and it seems very buggy and unstable, just like before.