At 20 requests/user/day (totaling 60,000 queries/mo), running Content generation on Qwen3 Coder Next (OpenRouter) costs $62.64 / month ($0.6264 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 100 Active Users generating 60,000 queries.
Direct inference cost per MAU to model your SaaS pricing tiers and gross margins.
Savings generated by exploiting 30% cache hits on prompt context.
| Model | Provider | Monthly Spend (100 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 Coder Next (OpenRouter) (Current) | qwen | $62.64 | $0.6264 | $751.68 | 262,144 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $1,069.32 | $10.693 | $12,831.84 | 256,000 |
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 | deepseek | $25.066 | $0.2507 | $300.787 | 128,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $75.312 | $0.7531 | $903.744 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $180.48 | $1.805 | $2,165.76 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $50.208 | $0.5021 | $602.496 | 128,000 |
At 20 queries per user/day with Qwen3 Coder Next (OpenRouter), the estimated cost is $0.6264 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 100 Active Users is $62.64.
Assuming a 30% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $0.72 per month ($8.64/year) on Qwen3 Coder Next (OpenRouter).
With a direct COGS of $0.6264 per user/month on Qwen3 Coder Next (OpenRouter), charging at least $3.132 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.