At 6 requests/user/day (totaling 1,800,000 queries/mo), running Customer support chatbot on Codestral 2501 costs $1,266.30 / month ($0.1266 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 10,000 Active Users generating 1,800,000 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 (10,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codestral 2501 (Current) | mistral | $1,266.30 | $0.1266 | $15,195.60 | 256,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $12,899.25 | $1.29 | $154,791.00 | 256,000 |
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 | deepseek | $502.74 | $0.0503 | $6,032.88 | 128,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $4,032.00 | $0.4032 | $48,384.00 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $844.20 | $0.0844 | $10,130.40 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $655.20 | $0.0655 | $7,862.40 | 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 10,000 Active Users is $1,266.30.
Assuming a 70% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $1,190.70 per month ($14,288.40/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.