At 15 requests/user/day (totaling 45,000,000 queries/mo), running Translation on Cohere Command A+ costs $2,961,562.50 / month ($29.616 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere Command A+ (Current) | cohere | $2,961,562.50 | $29.616 | $35,538,750.00 | 128,000 |
| 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 Cohere Command A+, the estimated cost is $29.616 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 100,000 Active Users is $2,961,562.50.
Assuming a 15% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $75,937.50 per month ($911,250.00/year) on Cohere Command A+.
With a direct COGS of $29.616 per user/month on Cohere Command A+, charging at least $148.078 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.