At 200 requests/user/day (totaling 300,000 queries/mo), running Data extraction & tagging on DeepSeek Coder V2.5 costs $89.88 / month ($1.798 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 50 Active Users generating 300,000 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 (50 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 (Current) | deepseek | $89.88 | $1.798 | $1,078.56 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $1,911.00 | $38.22 | $22,932.00 | 256,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $215.10 | $4.302 | $2,581.20 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $654.00 | $13.08 | $7,848.00 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $143.40 | $2.868 | $1,720.80 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $66.00 | $1.32 | $792.00 | 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 50 Active Users is $89.88.
Assuming a 20% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $15.12 per month ($181.44/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.