At 15 requests/user/day (totaling 45,000,000 queries/mo), running Translation on Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Hybrid Reasoning) costs $4,296,375.00 / month ($42.964 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 100,000 Active Users generating 45,000,000 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 (100,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Hybrid Reasoning) (Current) | anthropic | $4,296,375.00 | $42.964 | $51,556,500.00 | 200,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $8,398,125.00 | $83.981 | $100,777,500.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $20,995,312.50 | $209.953 | $251,943,750.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $8,398,125.00 | $83.981 | $100,777,500.00 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $50,388,750.00 | $503.888 | $604,665,000.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $23,692,500.00 | $236.925 | $284,310,000.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 15 queries per user/day with Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Hybrid Reasoning), the estimated cost is $42.964 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 100,000 Active Users is $4,296,375.00.
Assuming a 15% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $91,125.00 per month ($1,093,500.00/year) on Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Hybrid Reasoning).
With a direct COGS of $42.964 per user/month on Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Hybrid Reasoning), charging at least $214.819 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.