At 6 requests/user/day (totaling 180,000 queries/mo), running Customer support chatbot on Codestral 2501 costs $126.63 / month ($0.1266 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 1,000 Active Users generating 180,000 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 (1,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codestral 2501 (Current) | mistral | $126.63 | $0.1266 | $1,519.56 | 256,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $1,289.925 | $1.29 | $15,479.10 | 256,000 |
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 | deepseek | $50.274 | $0.0503 | $603.288 | 128,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $403.20 | $0.4032 | $4,838.40 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $84.42 | $0.0844 | $1,013.04 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $65.52 | $0.0655 | $786.24 | 128,000 |
At 6 queries per user/day with Codestral 2501, the estimated cost is $0.1266 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 1,000 Active Users is $126.63.
Assuming a 70% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $119.07 per month ($1,428.84/year) on Codestral 2501.
With a direct COGS of $0.1266 per user/month on Codestral 2501, charging at least $0.6331 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.