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Sakana (Fugu) API pricing

As of 2026-10-05, the OptimToken catalogue holds 4 Sakana models. By price tier, 2 are Frontier and 2 Mid-tier. The cheapest is Sakana Namazu at $0.95 per 1M input tokens and $4.00 per 1M output tokens. The most expensive is Fugu Ultra v2 at $5.00 input and $30.00 output, 7.3x the cheapest on blended price (30% input, 70% output), the same blended price as one other. These are the prices we quote: a model sold by several hosts has other rates, listed on its own page.

Sakana models and prices

Sakana models, cheapest first on blended price (30% input, 70% output). USD per 1M tokens, data snapshot 2026-10-05.
Model	Input	Output	Batch (in / out)	Cache read	Context	Licence
Sakana Namazu	$0.95	$4.00	not published	$0.15	262K	Unknown
Fugu Max	$2.00	$6.00	not published	$0.25	1M	Unknown
Fugu Ultra	$5.00	$30.00	not published	$0.50	1M	Unknown
Fugu Ultra v2	$5.00	$30.00	not published	$0.50	1M	Unknown

Published discounts: a prompt-cache read rate for all 4 and a batch rate for none. The most recent by release date are Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 (2026-09). No Arena ELO score is published for any of them.

Licences

No licence is recorded for these 4 models, so this page does not say whether they can be self-hosted.

Price changes since tracking began

Our daily price archive began on 2026-08-15 and holds a record for all 4 models. The price we quote has not changed for any of them since each was first recorded. Since tracking began, 2 of them joined the catalogue, most recently Fugu Max on 2026-09-11. Last checked against the 2026-10-05 snapshot.

Other makers

Models by maker: every model in the catalogue, including makers with fewer than 3.

These are list prices.

Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.

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