At 200 requests/user/day (totaling 30,000,000 queries/mo), running Data extraction & tagging on Kimi K3 (Moonshot) costs $260,100.00 / month ($52.02 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K3 (Moonshot) (Current) | moonshot | $260,100.00 | $52.02 | $3,121,200.00 | 1,000,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $471,000.00 | $94.20 | $5,652,000.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $1,177,500.00 | $235.50 | $14,130,000.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $471,000.00 | $94.20 | $5,652,000.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $2,826,000.00 | $565.20 | $33,912,000.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $1,584,000.00 | $316.80 | $19,008,000.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 200 queries per user/day with Kimi K3 (Moonshot), the estimated cost is $52.02 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 5,000 Active Users is $260,100.00.
Assuming a 20% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $32,400.00 per month ($388,800.00/year) on Kimi K3 (Moonshot).
With a direct COGS of $52.02 per user/month on Kimi K3 (Moonshot), charging at least $260.10 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.