At 20 requests/user/day (totaling 60,000,000 queries/mo), running Content generation on Cohere Command R+ costs $840,000.00 / month ($8.40 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 100,000 Active Users generating 60,000,000 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 (100,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere Command R+ (Current) | cohere | $840,000.00 | $8.40 | $10,080,000.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $2,335,200.00 | $23.352 | $28,022,400.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $5,838,000.00 | $58.38 | $70,056,000.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $2,335,200.00 | $23.352 | $28,022,400.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $14,011,200.00 | $140.112 | $168,134,400.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $6,460,800.00 | $64.608 | $77,529,600.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 20 queries per user/day with Cohere Command R+, the estimated cost is $8.40 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 100,000 Active Users is $840,000.00.
Assuming a 30% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $0.00 per month ($0.00/year) on Cohere Command R+.
With a direct COGS of $8.40 per user/month on Cohere Command R+, charging at least $42.00 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.