At 15 requests/user/day (totaling 2,250,000 queries/mo), running Translation on GPT-5.6 Terra costs $167,962.50 / month ($33.593 / user / mo).
Translation for a 5,000 active users (growth stage saas) audience means 75,000 requests per day on average, each carrying 5,000 input and 5,500 output tokens at a 15% cacheable share — so the effective per-request cost on GPT-5.6 Terra is $0.0747, of which $3,037.50/mo comes back from prompt caching. Per active user that's $33.593/mo — the number to hold against your pricing tier and gross margin. Charging at least $167.963/user/mo keeps gross margin at or above 80%.
Quick answer
For 5,000 Active Users, Translation on GPT-5.6 Terra is modeled at 2,250,000 requests per month, costing $167,962.50 per month or $33.593 per active user.
Method & trust
This projection combines the selected active-user tier, requests per user per day, input/output tokens per request, and the modeled cache share. It is an operating estimate, not a provider invoice; production traffic and retries should be measured against it.
Total expected API invoice for 5,000 Active Users generating 2,250,000 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 (5,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6 Terra (Current) | openai | $167,962.50 | $33.593 | $2,015,550.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.4 Workhorse | openai | $209,953.125 | $41.991 | $2,519,437.50 | 256,000 |
| o3-mini | openai | $65,896.875 | $13.179 | $790,762.50 | 200,000 |
| o4-mini | openai | $65,432.813 | $13.087 | $785,193.75 | 256,000 |
| o1-mini | openai | $65,896.875 | $13.179 | $790,762.50 | 128,000 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | anthropic | $143,212.50 | $28.643 | $1,718,550.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 15 queries per user/day with GPT-5.6 Terra, the estimated cost is $33.593 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 5,000 Active Users is $167,962.50.
Assuming a 15% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $3,037.50 per month ($36,450.00/year) on GPT-5.6 Terra.
With a direct COGS of $33.593 per user/month on GPT-5.6 Terra, charging at least $167.963 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.