At 15 requests/user/day (totaling 1,125,000 queries/mo), running Translation on DeepSeek Coder V2.5 costs $2,413.688 / month ($0.9655 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 2,500 Active Users generating 1,125,000 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 (2,500 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 (Current) | deepseek | $2,413.688 | $0.9655 | $28,964.25 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $95,139.844 | $38.056 | $1,141,678.125 | 256,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $7,028.437 | $2.811 | $84,341.25 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $17,325.00 | $6.93 | $207,900.00 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $4,685.625 | $1.874 | $56,227.50 | 128,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $1,935.00 | $0.774 | $23,220.00 | 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 2,500 Active Users is $2,413.688.
Assuming a 15% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $106.313 per month ($1,275.75/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.