At 6 requests/user/day (totaling 9,000 queries/mo), running Customer support chatbot on Codestral 2501 costs $6.331 / month ($0.1266 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 50 Active Users generating 9,000 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 (50 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codestral 2501 (Current) | mistral | $6.331 | $0.1266 | $75.978 | 256,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $64.496 | $1.29 | $773.955 | 256,000 |
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 | deepseek | $2.514 | $0.0503 | $30.164 | 128,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $20.16 | $0.4032 | $241.92 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $4.221 | $0.0844 | $50.652 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $3.276 | $0.0655 | $39.312 | 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 50 Active Users is $6.331.
Assuming a 70% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $5.954 per month ($71.442/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.