At 4 requests/user/day (totaling 300,000 queries/mo), running Document summarization on Codestral 2501 costs $2,209.50 / month ($0.8838 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 2,500 Active Users generating 300,000 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 (2,500 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codestral 2501 (Current) | mistral | $2,209.50 | $0.8838 | $26,514.00 | 256,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $14,463.75 | $5.786 | $173,565.00 | 256,000 |
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 | deepseek | $1,005.90 | $0.4024 | $12,070.80 | 128,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $7,260.00 | $2.904 | $87,120.00 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $1,473.00 | $0.5892 | $17,676.00 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $643.20 | $0.2573 | $7,718.40 | 128,000 |
At 4 queries per user/day with Codestral 2501, the estimated cost is $0.8838 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 2,500 Active Users is $2,209.50.
Assuming a 10% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $202.50 per month ($2,430.00/year) on Codestral 2501.
With a direct COGS of $0.8838 per user/month on Codestral 2501, charging at least $4.419 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.