At 20 requests/user/day (totaling 60,000,000 queries/mo), running Content generation on o1-mini costs $361,680.00 / month ($3.617 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| o1-mini (Current) | openai | $361,680.00 | $3.617 | $4,340,160.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | openai | $934,080.00 | $9.341 | $11,208,960.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.4 Workhorse | openai | $1,167,600.00 | $11.676 | $14,011,200.00 | 256,000 |
| o3-mini | openai | $361,680.00 | $3.617 | $4,340,160.00 | 200,000 |
| o4-mini | openai | $357,720.00 | $3.577 | $4,292,640.00 | 256,000 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | anthropic | $790,080.00 | $7.901 | $9,480,960.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 20 queries per user/day with o1-mini, the estimated cost is $3.617 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 100,000 Active Users is $361,680.00.
Assuming a 30% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $7,920.00 per month ($95,040.00/year) on o1-mini.
With a direct COGS of $3.617 per user/month on o1-mini, charging at least $18.084 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.