At 200 requests/user/day (totaling 60,000 queries/mo), running Data extraction & tagging on Grok 4.6 Flagship costs $294.00 / month ($29.40 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.6 Flagship (Current) | xai | $294.00 | $29.40 | $3,528.00 | 500,000 |
| 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 Grok 4.6 Flagship, the estimated cost is $29.40 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 10 Active Users is $294.00.
Assuming a 20% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $36.00 per month ($432.00/year) on Grok 4.6 Flagship.
With a direct COGS of $29.40 per user/month on Grok 4.6 Flagship, charging at least $147.00 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.