At 200 requests/user/day (totaling 6,000,000 queries/mo), running Data extraction & tagging on Groq LPU — QwQ 32B Reasoner costs $4,065.00 / month ($4.065 / user / mo).
Data extraction & tagging for a 1,000 active users (seed stage saas) audience means 200,000 requests per day on average, each carrying 2,000 input and 250 output tokens at a 20% cacheable share — so the effective per-request cost on Groq LPU — QwQ 32B Reasoner is $0.000678, of which $0.00/mo comes back from prompt caching. Per active user that's $4.065/mo — the number to hold against your pricing tier and gross margin. Charging at least $20.325/user/mo keeps gross margin at or above 80%.
Quick answer
For 1,000 Active Users, Data extraction & tagging on Groq LPU — QwQ 32B Reasoner is modeled at 6,000,000 requests per month, costing $4,065.00 per month or $4.065 per active user.
Method & trust
This projection combines the selected active-user tier, requests per user per day, input/output tokens per request, and the modeled cache share. It is an operating estimate, not a provider invoice; production traffic and retries should be measured against it.
Total expected API invoice for 1,000 Active Users generating 6,000,000 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 (1,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groq LPU — QwQ 32B Reasoner (Current) | groq | $4,065.00 | $4.065 | $48,780.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | openai | $37,680.00 | $37.68 | $452,160.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.4 Workhorse | openai | $47,100.00 | $47.10 | $565,200.00 | 256,000 |
| o3-mini | openai | $18,480.00 | $18.48 | $221,760.00 | 200,000 |
| o4-mini | openai | $17,820.00 | $17.82 | $213,840.00 | 256,000 |
| o1-mini | openai | $18,480.00 | $18.48 | $221,760.00 | 128,000 |
At 200 queries per user/day with Groq LPU — QwQ 32B Reasoner, the estimated cost is $4.065 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 1,000 Active Users is $4,065.00.
Assuming a 20% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $0.00 per month ($0.00/year) on Groq LPU — QwQ 32B Reasoner.
With a direct COGS of $4.065 per user/month on Groq LPU — QwQ 32B Reasoner, charging at least $20.325 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.