At 4 requests/user/day (totaling 1,200,000 queries/mo), running Document summarization on DeepSeek Coder V2.5 costs $4,023.60 / month ($0.4024 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 (Current) | deepseek | $4,023.60 | $0.4024 | $48,283.20 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $57,855.00 | $5.786 | $694,260.00 | 256,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $8,838.00 | $0.8838 | $106,056.00 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $29,040.00 | $2.904 | $348,480.00 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $5,892.00 | $0.5892 | $70,704.00 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $2,572.80 | $0.2573 | $30,873.60 | 128,000 |
At 4 queries per user/day with DeepSeek Coder V2.5, the estimated cost is $0.4024 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 10,000 Active Users is $4,023.60.
Assuming a 10% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $378.00 per month ($4,536.00/year) on DeepSeek Coder V2.5.
With a direct COGS of $0.4024 per user/month on DeepSeek Coder V2.5, charging at least $2.012 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.