At 200 requests/user/day (totaling 3,000,000 queries/mo), running Data extraction & tagging on Groq LPU — Llama 4 Scout costs $849.00 / month ($1.698 / user / mo).
Data extraction & tagging for a 500 active users (early growth) audience means 100,000 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 — Llama 4 Scout is $0.000283, of which $66.00/mo comes back from prompt caching. Per active user that's $1.698/mo — the number to hold against your pricing tier and gross margin. Charging at least $8.49/user/mo keeps gross margin at or above 80%.
Quick answer
For 500 Active Users, Data extraction & tagging on Groq LPU — Llama 4 Scout is modeled at 3,000,000 requests per month, costing $849.00 per month or $1.698 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 500 Active Users generating 3,000,000 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 (500 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groq LPU — Llama 4 Scout (Current) | groq | $849.00 | $1.698 | $10,188.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | openai | $18,840.00 | $37.68 | $226,080.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.4 Workhorse | openai | $23,550.00 | $47.10 | $282,600.00 | 256,000 |
| o3-mini | openai | $9,240.00 | $18.48 | $110,880.00 | 200,000 |
| o4-mini | openai | $8,910.00 | $17.82 | $106,920.00 | 256,000 |
| o1-mini | openai | $9,240.00 | $18.48 | $110,880.00 | 128,000 |
At 200 queries per user/day with Groq LPU — Llama 4 Scout, the estimated cost is $1.698 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 500 Active Users is $849.00.
Assuming a 20% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $66.00 per month ($792.00/year) on Groq LPU — Llama 4 Scout.
With a direct COGS of $1.698 per user/month on Groq LPU — Llama 4 Scout, charging at least $8.49 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.