At 20 requests/user/day (totaling 30,000,000 queries/mo), running Content generation on DeepSeek V3 (Chat) costs $12,532.80 / month ($0.2507 / user / mo).
Content generation for a 50,000 active users (mid-market enterprise) audience means 1,000,000 requests per day on average, each carrying 800 input and 1,200 output tokens at a 30% cacheable share — so the effective per-request cost on DeepSeek V3 (Chat) is $0.000418, of which $907.20/mo comes back from prompt caching. Per active user that's $0.2507/mo — the number to hold against your pricing tier and gross margin. Charging at least $1.253/user/mo keeps gross margin at or above 80%.
Quick answer
For 50,000 Active Users, Content generation on DeepSeek V3 (Chat) is modeled at 30,000,000 requests per month, costing $12,532.80 per month or $0.2507 per active user.
Method & trust
This projection combines the selected active-user tier, requests per user per day, input/output tokens per request, and the modeled cache share. It is an operating estimate, not a provider invoice; production traffic and retries should be measured against it.
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 V3 (Chat) (Current) | deepseek | $12,532.80 | $0.2507 | $150,393.60 | 64,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | openai | $46,704.00 | $0.9341 | $560,448.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | openai | $175,140.00 | $3.503 | $2,101,680.00 | 256,000 |
| GPT-5.4 nano | openai | $48,504.00 | $0.9701 | $582,048.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-4o mini | openai | $24,660.00 | $0.4932 | $295,920.00 | 128,000 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | anthropic | $197,520.00 | $3.95 | $2,370,240.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 20 queries per user/day with DeepSeek V3 (Chat), 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 V3 (Chat).
With a direct COGS of $0.2507 per user/month on DeepSeek V3 (Chat), charging at least $1.253 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.