At 15 requests/user/day (totaling 225,000 queries/mo), running Translation on Cohere Command R+ costs $15,187.50 / month ($30.375 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 500 Active Users generating 225,000 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 (500 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere Command R+ (Current) | cohere | $15,187.50 | $30.375 | $182,250.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $41,990.625 | $83.981 | $503,887.50 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $104,976.563 | $209.953 | $1,259,718.75 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $41,990.625 | $83.981 | $503,887.50 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $251,943.75 | $503.888 | $3,023,325.00 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $118,462.50 | $236.925 | $1,421,550.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 15 queries per user/day with Cohere Command R+, the estimated cost is $30.375 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 500 Active Users is $15,187.50.
Assuming a 15% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $0.00 per month ($0.00/year) on Cohere Command R+.
With a direct COGS of $30.375 per user/month on Cohere Command R+, charging at least $151.875 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.