At 15 requests/user/day (totaling 4,500,000 queries/mo), running Translation on DeepSeek Coder V2.5 costs $9,654.75 / month ($0.9655 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 (Current) | deepseek | $9,654.75 | $0.9655 | $115,857.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $380,559.375 | $38.056 | $4,566,712.50 | 256,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $28,113.75 | $2.811 | $337,365.00 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $69,300.00 | $6.93 | $831,600.00 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $18,742.50 | $1.874 | $224,910.00 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $7,740.00 | $0.774 | $92,880.00 | 128,000 |
At 15 queries per user/day with DeepSeek Coder V2.5, the estimated cost is $0.9655 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 10,000 Active Users is $9,654.75.
Assuming a 15% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $425.25 per month ($5,103.00/year) on DeepSeek Coder V2.5.
With a direct COGS of $0.9655 per user/month on DeepSeek Coder V2.5, charging at least $4.827 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.