At 200 requests/user/day (totaling 600,000 queries/mo), running Data extraction & tagging on DeepSeek Coder V2.5 costs $179.76 / month ($1.798 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 100 Active Users generating 600,000 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 (100 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 (Current) | deepseek | $179.76 | $1.798 | $2,157.12 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $3,822.00 | $38.22 | $45,864.00 | 256,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $430.20 | $4.302 | $5,162.40 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $1,308.00 | $13.08 | $15,696.00 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $286.80 | $2.868 | $3,441.60 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $132.00 | $1.32 | $1,584.00 | 128,000 |
At 200 queries per user/day with DeepSeek Coder V2.5, the estimated cost is $1.798 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 100 Active Users is $179.76.
Assuming a 20% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $30.24 per month ($362.88/year) on DeepSeek Coder V2.5.
With a direct COGS of $1.798 per user/month on DeepSeek Coder V2.5, charging at least $8.988 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.