At 8 requests/user/day (totaling 24,000 queries/mo), running Agentic workflow on Mistral Large 3 costs $253.20 / month ($2.532 / user / mo).
Agentic workflow for a 100 active users (public launch) audience means 800 requests per day on average, each carrying 40,000 input and 1,500 output tokens at a 65% cacheable share — so the effective per-request cost on Mistral Large 3 is $0.0106, of which $280.80/mo comes back from prompt caching. Per active user that's $2.532/mo — the number to hold against your pricing tier and gross margin. Charging at least $12.66/user/mo keeps gross margin at or above 80%.
Quick answer
For 100 Active Users, Agentic workflow on Mistral Large 3 is modeled at 24,000 requests per month, costing $253.20 per month or $2.532 per active user.
Method & trust
This projection combines the selected active-user tier, requests per user per day, input/output tokens per request, and the modeled cache share. It is an operating estimate, not a provider invoice; production traffic and retries should be measured against it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Large 3 (Current) | mistral | $253.20 | $2.532 | $3,038.40 | 1,000,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $3,072.00 | $30.72 | $36,864.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $7,680.00 | $76.80 | $92,160.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $3,072.00 | $30.72 | $36,864.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $18,432.00 | $184.32 | $221,184.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $10,848.00 | $108.48 | $130,176.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 8 queries per user/day with Mistral Large 3, the estimated cost is $2.532 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 100 Active Users is $253.20.
Assuming a 65% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $280.80 per month ($3,369.60/year) on Mistral Large 3.
With a direct COGS of $2.532 per user/month on Mistral Large 3, charging at least $12.66 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.