At 8 requests/user/day (totaling 12,000,000 queries/mo), running Agentic workflow on Kimi K3 (Moonshot) costs $867,600.00 / month ($17.352 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 50,000 Active Users generating 12,000,000 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 (50,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K3 (Moonshot) (Current) | moonshot | $867,600.00 | $17.352 | $10,411,200.00 | 1,000,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $1,536,000.00 | $30.72 | $18,432,000.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $3,840,000.00 | $76.80 | $46,080,000.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $1,536,000.00 | $30.72 | $18,432,000.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $9,216,000.00 | $184.32 | $110,592,000.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $5,424,000.00 | $108.48 | $65,088,000.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 8 queries per user/day with Kimi K3 (Moonshot), the estimated cost is $17.352 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 50,000 Active Users is $867,600.00.
Assuming a 65% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $842,400.00 per month ($10,108,800.00/year) on Kimi K3 (Moonshot).
With a direct COGS of $17.352 per user/month on Kimi K3 (Moonshot), charging at least $86.76 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.