At 6 requests/user/day (totaling 18,000 queries/mo), running Customer support chatbot on MiniMax-01 (4M Context) costs $12.474 / month ($0.1247 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 100 Active Users generating 18,000 queries.
Direct inference cost per MAU to model your SaaS pricing tiers and gross margins.
Savings generated by exploiting 70% cache hits on prompt context.
| Model | Provider | Monthly Spend (100 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax-01 (4M Context) (Current) | minimax | $12.474 | $0.1247 | $149.688 | 4,000,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | openai | $122.22 | $1.222 | $1,466.64 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.4 Workhorse | openai | $152.775 | $1.528 | $1,833.30 | 256,000 |
| o3-mini | openai | $72.765 | $0.7277 | $873.18 | 200,000 |
| o4-mini | openai | $60.638 | $0.6064 | $727.65 | 256,000 |
| o1-mini | openai | $72.765 | $0.7277 | $873.18 | 128,000 |
At 6 queries per user/day with MiniMax-01 (4M Context), the estimated cost is $0.1247 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 100 Active Users is $12.474.
Assuming a 70% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $7.056 per month ($84.672/year) on MiniMax-01 (4M Context).
With a direct COGS of $0.1247 per user/month on MiniMax-01 (4M Context), charging at least $0.6237 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.