At 15 requests/user/day (totaling 22,500,000 queries/mo), running Translation on Amazon Nova Micro costs $20,819.531 / month ($0.4164 / user / mo).
Total expected API invoice for 50,000 Active Users generating 22,500,000 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 (50,000 Active Users) | Cost / User / Mo | Annual Spend | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Nova Micro (Current) | amazon | $20,819.531 | $0.4164 | $249,834.375 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | openai | $167,962.50 | $3.359 | $2,015,550.00 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | openai | $629,859.375 | $12.597 | $7,558,312.50 | 256,000 |
| GPT-5.4 nano | openai | $174,150.00 | $3.483 | $2,089,800.00 | 128,000 |
| GPT-4o mini | openai | $89,859.375 | $1.797 | $1,078,312.50 | 128,000 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | anthropic | $716,062.50 | $14.321 | $8,592,750.00 | 1,000,000 |
At 15 queries per user/day with Amazon Nova Micro, the estimated cost is $0.4164 per monthly active user (MAU). Total monthly bill for 50,000 Active Users is $20,819.531.
Assuming a 15% cache hit rate on repeated system and context tokens, prompt caching saves $442.969 per month ($5,315.625/year) on Amazon Nova Micro.
With a direct COGS of $0.4164 per user/month on Amazon Nova Micro, charging at least $2.082 per user/month ensures an 80%+ software gross margin.