At 6 requests/user/day (totaling 1,800,000 queries/mo), running Customer support chatbot on Kimi K3 (Moonshot) costs $16,443.00 / month ($1.644 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K3 (Moonshot) (Current) | moonshot | $16,443.00 | $1.644 | $197,316.00 | 1,000,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $30,555.00 | $3.056 | $366,660.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $76,387.50 | $7.639 | $916,650.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $30,555.00 | $3.056 | $366,660.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $183,330.00 | $18.333 | $2,199,960.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $97,020.00 | $9.702 | $1,164,240.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 6 queries per user/day with Kimi K3 (Moonshot), the estimated cost is $1.644 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 10,000 Active Users is $16,443.00.
Assuming a 70% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $11,907.00 per month ($142,884.00/year) on Kimi K3 (Moonshot).
With a direct COGS of $1.644 per user/month on Kimi K3 (Moonshot), charging at least $8.222 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.