At 4 requests/user/day (totaling 1,200,000 queries/mo), running Document summarization on Cohere Command A+ costs $75,450.00 / month ($7.545 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 10,000 Active Users generating 1,200,000 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 (10,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere Command A+ (Current) | cohere | $75,450.00 | $7.545 | $905,400.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $158,100.00 | $15.81 | $1,897,200.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $395,250.00 | $39.525 | $4,743,000.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $158,100.00 | $15.81 | $1,897,200.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $948,600.00 | $94.86 | $11,383,200.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $603,600.00 | $60.36 | $7,243,200.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 4 queries per user/day with Cohere Command A+, the estimated cost is $7.545 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 10,000 Active Users is $75,450.00.
Assuming a 10% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $6,750.00 per month ($81,000.00/year) on Cohere Command A+.
With a direct COGS of $7.545 per user/month on Cohere Command A+, charging at least $37.725 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.