At 40 requests/user/day (totaling 12,000,000 queries/mo), running AI coding assistant on Amazon Nova Premier costs $324,480.00 / month ($32.448 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 10,000 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 60% cache hits on prompt context.
| Model | Provider | Monthly Spend (10,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Nova Premier (Current) | amazon | $324,480.00 | $32.448 | $3,893,760.00 | 1,000,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $1,051,200.00 | $105.12 | $12,614,400.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $2,628,000.00 | $262.80 | $31,536,000.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $1,051,200.00 | $105.12 | $12,614,400.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $6,307,200.00 | $630.72 | $75,686,400.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $3,244,800.00 | $324.48 | $38,937,600.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 40 queries per user/day with Amazon Nova Premier, the estimated cost is $32.448 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 10,000 Active Users is $324,480.00.
Assuming a 60% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $155,520.00 per month ($1,866,240.00/year) on Amazon Nova Premier.
With a direct COGS of $32.448 per user/month on Amazon Nova Premier, charging at least $162.24 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.