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Sakana: Fugu Max API Pricing

Sakana: Fugu Max is an API model from sakana. It costs $2 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.25. Its context window is 1,000,000 tokens with up to 128,000 output tokens. A workload of 10M input + 2M output tokens costs about $32 per month.
Input
$2
per 1M tokens
Output
$6
per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.25
per 1M tokens
Context window
1M
1,000,000 tokens
Blended (80/20)
$2.8
per 1M tokens

Fugu Max is the cost-performance model in Sakana AI's Fugu family. Rather than a single monolithic model, Fugu is a learned multi-agent orchestration system: a language model trained to route...

How much does Sakana: Fugu Max cost for a real workload?

At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, Sakana: Fugu Max costs about $32 ($20 input + $12 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Sakana: Fugu Max cost?

Sakana: Fugu Max costs $2 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 22, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $32.

What is the context window of Sakana: Fugu Max?

Sakana: Fugu Max has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens and can return up to 128,000 output tokens per response.

What are cheaper alternatives to Sakana: Fugu Max?

Cheaper models include OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (batch) ($0.875 in / $7 out), Magnum v4 72B ($2.5 in / $5 out), Z.ai: GLM 5.2 ($0.0341 in / $7 out). See the full list on this page.

Is Sakana: Fugu Max free to use?

No. Sakana: Fugu Max is a paid model at $2 input / $6 output per 1M tokens. 21 free models are listed on the free models page.

Provider: sakana · Model ID: sakana/fugu-max · Modality: text+image+file->text · Price snapshot October 22, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices