At 200 requests/user/day (totaling 30,000,000 queries/mo), running Data extraction & tagging on Codestral 2501 costs $21,510.00 / month ($4.302 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 5,000 Active Users generating 30,000,000 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 (5,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codestral 2501 (Current) | mistral | $21,510.00 | $4.302 | $258,120.00 | 256,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $191,100.00 | $38.22 | $2,293,200.00 | 256,000 |
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 | deepseek | $8,988.00 | $1.798 | $107,856.00 | 128,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $65,400.00 | $13.08 | $784,800.00 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $14,340.00 | $2.868 | $172,080.00 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $6,600.00 | $1.32 | $79,200.00 | 128,000 |
At 200 queries per user/day with Codestral 2501, the estimated cost is $4.302 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 5,000 Active Users is $21,510.00.
Assuming a 20% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $3,240.00 per month ($38,880.00/year) on Codestral 2501.
With a direct COGS of $4.302 per user/month on Codestral 2501, charging at least $21.51 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.