At 8 requests/user/day (totaling 24,000 queries/mo), running Agentic workflow on DeepSeek Coder V2.5 costs $65.856 / month ($0.6586 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 100 Active Users generating 24,000 queries.
Direct inference cost per MAU to model your SaaS pricing tiers and gross margins.
Savings generated by exploiting 65% cache hits on prompt context.
| Model | Provider | Monthly Spend (100 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 (Current) | deepseek | $65.856 | $0.6586 | $790.272 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $1,201.20 | $12.012 | $14,414.40 | 256,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $151.92 | $1.519 | $1,823.04 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $532.80 | $5.328 | $6,393.60 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $101.28 | $1.013 | $1,215.36 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $85.44 | $0.8544 | $1,025.28 | 128,000 |
At 8 queries per user/day with DeepSeek Coder V2.5, the estimated cost is $0.6586 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 100 Active Users is $65.856.
Assuming a 65% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $78.624 per month ($943.488/year) on DeepSeek Coder V2.5.
With a direct COGS of $0.6586 per user/month on DeepSeek Coder V2.5, charging at least $3.293 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.