At 200 requests/user/day (totaling 60,000 queries/mo), running Data extraction & tagging on Claude Opus 5 costs $867.00 / month ($86.70 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 10 Active Users generating 60,000 queries.
Direct inference cost per MAU to model your SaaS pricing tiers and gross margins.
Savings generated by exploiting 20% cache hits on prompt context.
| Model | Provider | Monthly Spend (10 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5 (Current) | anthropic | $867.00 | $86.70 | $10,404.00 | 1,000,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $942.00 | $94.20 | $11,304.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $2,355.00 | $235.50 | $28,260.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $942.00 | $94.20 | $11,304.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $5,652.00 | $565.20 | $67,824.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $3,168.00 | $316.80 | $38,016.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 200 queries per user/day with Claude Opus 5, the estimated cost is $86.70 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 10 Active Users is $867.00.
Assuming a 20% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $108.00 per month ($1,296.00/year) on Claude Opus 5.
With a direct COGS of $86.70 per user/month on Claude Opus 5, charging at least $433.50 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.