Fugu Max: API pricing, providers and specs
Fugu Max is a text model by Sakana AI. 4 providers serve it, from $6 to $6.35 /1M; the lowest price is at Vercel AI Gateway.
How Fugu Max compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Pricey for its class: at $6 /1M, its lowest price is above 79% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- Its 1M-token context window is larger than 67% of them (median 262K), about 1500 pages of text.
- 4 providers serve it; 60% of comparable models have fewer.
Fugu Max prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | $2/1M | $6/1M | $0.25/1M | 1M |
 EmpirioLabs AI | $2/1M | $6/1M | $0.25/1M | 1M |
| OpenRouter | $2/1M | From$6/1M | $0.25/1M | 1M |
| AI/ML API | $2.12/1M | $6.35/1M | $0.265/1M | — |
- Vercel AI Gateway$6
- EmpirioLabs AI$6
- OpenRouterFrom$6
- AI/ML API$6.35
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Sakana AI
- Inputs
- Image, Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 1M≈ 1500 pages of text
- Max output
- 128K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling, Vision
- Released
- Sep 10, 2026
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
- Monthly searches
- 1K
Alternatives to Fugu Max
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fugu Maxthis model | $6/1M | 1M | — | 4 |
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| Grok 4.7 | $4.80/1M | 500K | 1637 | 28 |
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Fugu Max FAQ
The lowest price for Fugu Max is $6 /1M, at Vercel AI Gateway.
Vercel AI Gateway, at $6 /1M. 4 providers serve Fugu Max; the table above lists every one with its price.
Fugu Max reads up to 1M tokens per request and writes up to 128K.
We have not found Fugu Max's weights published by its maker.
4 API providers serve Fugu Max. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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