At 20 requests/user/day (totaling 30,000,000 queries/mo), running Content generation on DeepSeek Coder V2.5 costs $12,532.80 / month ($0.2507 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 50,000 Active Users generating 30,000,000 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 (50,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 (Current) | deepseek | $12,532.80 | $0.2507 | $150,393.60 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $534,660.00 | $10.693 | $6,415,920.00 | 256,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $37,656.00 | $0.7531 | $451,872.00 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $90,240.00 | $1.805 | $1,082,880.00 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $25,104.00 | $0.5021 | $301,248.00 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $10,560.00 | $0.2112 | $126,720.00 | 128,000 |
At 20 queries per user/day with DeepSeek Coder V2.5, the estimated cost is $0.2507 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 50,000 Active Users is $12,532.80.
Assuming a 30% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $907.20 per month ($10,886.40/year) on DeepSeek Coder V2.5.
With a direct COGS of $0.2507 per user/month on DeepSeek Coder V2.5, charging at least $1.253 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.