At 200 requests/user/day (totaling 600,000,000 queries/mo), running Data extraction & tagging on Claude 3.5 Sonnet costs $5,202,000.00 / month ($52.02 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 100,000 Active Users generating 600,000,000 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 (100,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Current) | anthropic | $5,202,000.00 | $52.02 | $62,424,000.00 | 200,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $9,420,000.00 | $94.20 | $113,040,000.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $23,550,000.00 | $235.50 | $282,600,000.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $9,420,000.00 | $94.20 | $113,040,000.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $56,520,000.00 | $565.20 | $678,240,000.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $31,680,000.00 | $316.80 | $380,160,000.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 200 queries per user/day with Claude 3.5 Sonnet, the estimated cost is $52.02 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 100,000 Active Users is $5,202,000.00.
Assuming a 20% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $648,000.00 per month ($7,776,000.00/year) on Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
With a direct COGS of $52.02 per user/month on Claude 3.5 Sonnet, charging at least $260.10 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.