At 4 requests/user/day (totaling 120,000 queries/mo), running Document summarization on Claude Opus 5 costs $15,450.00 / month ($15.45 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 1,000 Active Users generating 120,000 queries.
Direct inference cost per MAU to model your SaaS pricing tiers and gross margins.
Savings generated by exploiting 10% cache hits on prompt context.
| Model | Provider | Monthly Spend (1,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5 (Current) | anthropic | $15,450.00 | $15.45 | $185,400.00 | 1,000,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $15,810.00 | $15.81 | $189,720.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $39,525.00 | $39.525 | $474,300.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $15,810.00 | $15.81 | $189,720.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $94,860.00 | $94.86 | $1,138,320.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $60,360.00 | $60.36 | $724,320.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 4 queries per user/day with Claude Opus 5, the estimated cost is $15.45 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 1,000 Active Users is $15,450.00.
Assuming a 10% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $1,350.00 per month ($16,200.00/year) on Claude Opus 5.
With a direct COGS of $15.45 per user/month on Claude Opus 5, charging at least $77.25 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.