At 6 requests/user/day (totaling 9,000,000 queries/mo), running Customer support chatbot on Cohere Command R7B costs $2,047.50 / month ($0.041 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 50,000 Active Users generating 9,000,000 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 (50,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere Command R7B (Current) | cohere | $2,047.50 | $0.041 | $24,570.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | openai | $6,111.00 | $0.1222 | $73,332.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | openai | $22,916.25 | $0.4583 | $274,995.00 | 256,000 |
| GPT-5.4 nano | openai | $6,268.50 | $0.1254 | $75,222.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-4o mini | openai | $4,961.25 | $0.0992 | $59,535.00 | 128,000 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | anthropic | $27,405.00 | $0.5481 | $328,860.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 6 queries per user/day with Cohere Command R7B, the estimated cost is $0.041 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 50,000 Active Users is $2,047.50.
Assuming a 70% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $0.00 per month ($0.00/year) on Cohere Command R7B.
With a direct COGS of $0.041 per user/month on Cohere Command R7B, charging at least $0.2048 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.