For many industries—Healthcare, Defense, Legal—sending data to the cloud is a non-starter. This is where Mistral and the open-source revolution come in.
DocsRouter supports routing to "Local" or "Private Cloud" deployments of Mistral's latest vision models. But are they good enough?
The Benchmark
We tested Mistral Large Vision against GPT-4o on a dataset of redacted government forms.
- Accuracy: Mistral achieved 89% vs. GPT-4o's 92%.
- Speed: Mistral (Self-Hosted) was 2x faster.
- Cost: Mistral (Self-Hosted) was 10x cheaper at scale.
The Privacy Argument
The main selling point isn't just cost; it's data sovereignty.
With DocsRouter's "Private Link" feature, you can connect your self-hosted Mistral instance running on AWS/GCP directly to our API gateway. We handle the request validation and routing, but the image data flows directly from your client to your private model server. OpenAI never sees it.
When to use Mistral?
| Use Case | Recommended Model |
|---|---|
| HIPAA Compliance | Mistral (Self-Hosted) |
| Classified Docs | Mistral (Air-Gapped) |
| General Invoices | GPT-5.2 / Gemini 3 |
Mistral proves that you don't need to sacrifice intelligence for privacy.