At 8 requests/user/day (totaling 2,400,000 queries/mo), running Agentic workflow on QwQ 32B (Reasoner) costs $20,256.00 / month ($2.026 / user / mo).
Agentic workflow for a 10,000 active users (scale-up saas) audience means 80,000 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 QwQ 32B (Reasoner) is $0.00844, of which $22,464.00/mo comes back from prompt caching. Per active user that's $2.026/mo — the number to hold against your pricing tier and gross margin. Charging at least $10.128/user/mo keeps gross margin at or above 80%.
Quick answer
For 10,000 Active Users, Agentic workflow on QwQ 32B (Reasoner) is modeled at 2,400,000 requests per month, costing $20,256.00 per month or $2.026 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 10,000 Active Users generating 2,400,000 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 (10,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QwQ 32B (Reasoner) (Current) | qwen | $20,256.00 | $2.026 | $243,072.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | openai | $122,880.00 | $12.288 | $1,474,560.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.4 Workhorse | openai | $153,600.00 | $15.36 | $1,843,200.00 | 256,000 |
| o3-mini | openai | $87,120.00 | $8.712 | $1,045,440.00 | 200,000 |
| o4-mini | openai | $69,960.00 | $6.996 | $839,520.00 | 256,000 |
| o1-mini | openai | $87,120.00 | $8.712 | $1,045,440.00 | 128,000 |
At 8 queries per user/day with QwQ 32B (Reasoner), the estimated cost is $2.026 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 10,000 Active Users is $20,256.00.
Assuming a 65% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $22,464.00 per month ($269,568.00/year) on QwQ 32B (Reasoner).
With a direct COGS of $2.026 per user/month on QwQ 32B (Reasoner), charging at least $10.128 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.