At 8 requests/user/day (totaling 1,200,000 queries/mo), running Agentic workflow on Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B costs $5,064.00 / month ($1.013 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 5,000 Active Users generating 1,200,000 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 (5,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Current) | qwen | $5,064.00 | $1.013 | $60,768.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $60,060.00 | $12.012 | $720,720.00 | 256,000 |
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 | deepseek | $3,292.80 | $0.6586 | $39,513.60 | 128,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $7,596.00 | $1.519 | $91,152.00 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $26,640.00 | $5.328 | $319,680.00 | 256,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $4,272.00 | $0.8544 | $51,264.00 | 128,000 |
At 8 queries per user/day with Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B, the estimated cost is $1.013 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 5,000 Active Users is $5,064.00.
Assuming a 65% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $5,616.00 per month ($67,392.00/year) on Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B.
With a direct COGS of $1.013 per user/month on Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B, charging at least $5.064 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.