At 4 requests/user/day (totaling 600,000 queries/mo), running Document summarization on Pixtral Large costs $29,460.00 / month ($5.892 / user / mo).
Document summarization for a 5,000 active users (growth stage saas) audience means 20,000 requests per day on average, each carrying 25,000 input and 600 output tokens at a 10% cacheable share — so the effective per-request cost on Pixtral Large is $0.0491, of which $2,700.00/mo comes back from prompt caching. Per active user that's $5.892/mo — the number to hold against your pricing tier and gross margin. Charging at least $29.46/user/mo keeps gross margin at or above 80%.
Quick answer
For 5,000 Active Users, Document summarization on Pixtral Large is modeled at 600,000 requests per month, costing $29,460.00 per month or $5.892 per active user.
Method & trust
This projection combines the selected active-user tier, requests per user per day, input/output tokens per request, and the modeled cache share. It is an operating estimate, not a provider invoice; production traffic and retries should be measured against it.
Total expected API invoice for 5,000 Active Users generating 600,000 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 (5,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pixtral Large (Current) | mistral | $29,460.00 | $5.892 | $353,520.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $79,050.00 | $15.81 | $948,600.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $197,625.00 | $39.525 | $2,371,500.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $79,050.00 | $15.81 | $948,600.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $474,300.00 | $94.86 | $5,691,600.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $301,800.00 | $60.36 | $3,621,600.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 4 queries per user/day with Pixtral Large, the estimated cost is $5.892 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 5,000 Active Users is $29,460.00.
Assuming a 10% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $2,700.00 per month ($32,400.00/year) on Pixtral Large.
With a direct COGS of $5.892 per user/month on Pixtral Large, charging at least $29.46 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.