At 6 requests/user/day (totaling 450,000 queries/mo), running Customer support chatbot on Codestral 2501 costs $316.575 / month ($0.1266 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 2,500 Active Users generating 450,000 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 (2,500 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codestral 2501 (Current) | mistral | $316.575 | $0.1266 | $3,798.90 | 256,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $3,224.813 | $1.29 | $38,697.75 | 256,000 |
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 | deepseek | $125.685 | $0.0503 | $1,508.22 | 128,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $1,008.00 | $0.4032 | $12,096.00 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $211.05 | $0.0844 | $2,532.60 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $163.80 | $0.0655 | $1,965.60 | 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 2,500 Active Users is $316.575.
Assuming a 70% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $297.675 per month ($3,572.10/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.