At 15 requests/user/day (totaling 2,250,000 queries/mo), running Translation on Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B costs $9,371.25 / month ($1.874 / user / mo).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Current) | qwen | $9,371.25 | $1.874 | $112,455.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $190,279.688 | $38.056 | $2,283,356.25 | 256,000 |
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 | deepseek | $4,827.375 | $0.9655 | $57,928.50 | 128,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $14,056.875 | $2.811 | $168,682.50 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $34,650.00 | $6.93 | $415,800.00 | 256,000 |
| DeepInfra — Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | deepinfra | $3,870.00 | $0.774 | $46,440.00 | 128,000 |
At 15 queries per user/day with Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B, the estimated cost is $1.874 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 5,000 Active Users is $9,371.25.
Assuming a 15% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $303.75 per month ($3,645.00/year) on Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B.
With a direct COGS of $1.874 per user/month on Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B, charging at least $9.371 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.