At 15 requests/user/day (totaling 22,500 queries/mo), running Translation on DeepSeek Coder V2.5 costs $48.274 / month ($0.9655 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 50 Active Users generating 22,500 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 (50 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 (Current) | deepseek | $48.274 | $0.9655 | $579.285 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $1,902.797 | $38.056 | $22,833.563 | 256,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $140.569 | $2.811 | $1,686.825 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $346.50 | $6.93 | $4,158.00 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $93.712 | $1.874 | $1,124.55 | 128,000 |
| Ox Alpha (Stealth) | openrouter | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1,048,576 |
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 50 Active Users is $48.274.
Assuming a 15% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $2.126 per month ($25.515/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.