At 15 requests/user/day (totaling 4,500,000 queries/mo), running Translation on Cohere Command R+ costs $303,750.00 / month ($30.375 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 10,000 Active Users generating 4,500,000 queries.
Direct inference cost per MAU to model your SaaS pricing tiers and gross margins.
Savings generated by exploiting 15% cache hits on prompt context.
| Model | Provider | Monthly Spend (10,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere Command R+ (Current) | cohere | $303,750.00 | $30.375 | $3,645,000.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $839,812.50 | $83.981 | $10,077,750.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $2,099,531.25 | $209.953 | $25,194,375.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $839,812.50 | $83.981 | $10,077,750.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $5,038,875.00 | $503.888 | $60,466,500.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $2,369,250.00 | $236.925 | $28,431,000.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 15 queries per user/day with Cohere Command R+, the estimated cost is $30.375 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 10,000 Active Users is $303,750.00.
Assuming a 15% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $0.00 per month ($0.00/year) on Cohere Command R+.
With a direct COGS of $30.375 per user/month on Cohere Command R+, charging at least $151.875 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.